Bilbao reach agreement to sign Braga winger.

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The 24-year-old Braga winger Alvaro Jalo is set to join Athletic Bilbao this summer. Diario AS sport reported on Saturday that Athletic Bilbao have reached an agreement with Braga to sign 24-year-old winger Alvaro Gialo this summer. The initial fee is €15 million plus €5 million in bonuses.

Athletic Bilbao last spent money on a player in the summer of 2020 after paying 12 million euros to bring Alex Berenguer from Torino before the famous Basque team opened up the money. In the player market for the first time in 4 years after reaching an agreement with Braga to bring in Jalo to reinforce the offensive line after the end of this season. ทางเข้า UFABET 

For Alvaro Jalo, a football player of Equatorial-Guinea Born in Madrid in 1999, he grew up in the Basque Country. Before moving to Portugal in 2017 to become part of Braga’s academy. He rose to the first team in 2022. The 24-year-old attacker has made an outstanding performance this season. Scoring 14 goals. With 3 assists from playing in every competition, 37 games. 

That led to Athletic Bilbao deciding to pay an initial €15m plus €5m in bonuses to bring in Gialo. Making him the club’s third most expensive transfer after Inigo Martinez and Youri Berchiche 

The signing of Jalo has led to further rumors that. Nico Williams is likely to leave San Mames Barria this summer as well. Even though the 21-year-old forward only had his contract extended in the past few months. But the player’s release clause is still 50 million euros, the same as the old agreement.