Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona Atletic attacking midfielder and Mexican youth international Jonathan dos Santos (19) has obtained the Spanish nationality.Jonathan, who will start the pre-season with the first team today, swore allegiance to the Spanish constitution together with his father and will that way be available for the first team next season.
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Don Luis Said,
Yes!!!
Love to see another fellow mexicano in the first team.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 01:59
Anonymous Said,
he looks tall.. taller than Gio. is he taller??
and where is his position, it says AM, but maybe he can play CM.
and hope he is more grounded than his older brother ;)
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 02:07
skanjos Said,
i think he learned from his brothers mistake and will keep his head down
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 02:27
barca nike Said,
he is a copy of Gio
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 02:28
fcbee Said,
He's not at all a copy of Gio. On the pitch, I mean. But aybe you were atalking about his looks or his off-the-pitch attitude?
Gio is more versatile, had more depth, more movement, more scoring. Jonathan is really some kind of old-style playmaker. Technically excellent, but he'll have to get quicker footwork if he wants to end up at the first team.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 02:32
barca nike Said,
i meant his looks
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 02:42
TengkuAmir10 Said,
gio is better than him but he is promising.
p.s.giovinco is more promising than any other soccer player besides messi.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 03:02
barca4life Said,
Great, he was supposed to have been better than gio and if he is more humble too even better.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 03:02
Anonymous Said,
Italian fans love to hype up Giovinco. He's certainly good, but I'm not sure about 'most promising'. He's older than Messi, he'll turn 23 by January. I'm not sure he should be called 'promising' anymore.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 03:12
Bojanibra Said,
nice to see jonathan in the pre season in london,hope giovanni will play agiast us so the it will be the battle of brothers.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 03:29
barca nike Said,
He may play vs. his brother
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 03:41
tero Said,
Is Gio still rotting in Ipswich?? Jonathan may look like Gio but I believe he's the smarter one of the two
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 08:39
thebackseatstrangler Said,
gio scored a great goal against haiti in the quarter finals of the gold cup this weekend. hopefully somebody takes notice and rescues his dumb ass. maybe rijkaard @ galatasaray? i would think that gio's performance in the dutchman's last match @ the blaugrana's helm left a lasting impression on him. it did on me.
sure he (and his agent) blew his chance @ being a great but the guy is only 18-19 yrs old. hopefully he'll bounce back.
Posted on 20 July 2009 at 09:49