Savio has starred in Spain on loan at Girona this season and the teenage Brazilian is now set to join Manchester City. Adam Bate went to watch him play to find out why the winger is so highly rated and looks at why all eyes will be on the fee paid for his services.
For all the success enjoyed by the City Football Group, winning trophies across different continents, the emergence of a breakout star to take his place among Pep Guardiola’s squad has been missing. Savio’s graduation changes that.
“My goal was always to get to City,” he has said, by which he meant Manchester. The 19-year-old Brazilian winger has agreed a deal to join the Premier League club from Troyes following a spectacular season on loan at Girona in which he has lit up La Liga.