This summer, Chelsea paid €60 million to sign Neto from Wolves. In the upcoming Premier League season, Neto will return to Molineux to face his old club. Ahead of the game, Neto was interviewed.
Neto revealed that he was a youth hockey player before becoming a footballer. Due to his small stature and lightning speed, he earned the nickname “Atomic Mouse”. He was born into a sporting family. His mother was a volleyball player, his uncle, Lomba, was a Mozambique national football player, his two sisters were national trampoline champions, and his father was a hockey player, whom he almost followed into the sport.
Neto said: “I started roller skating around the age of three. It helped me a lot with my balance. You see me play football with my body always leaning forward, lowering my center of gravity. I learned that from hockey. In that sport, you need to lower your center of gravity and put your stick down to protect the ball. Hockey helped me a lot in football.”
At 14, Neto had to choose between football and hockey. Ultimately, he chose football. Barcelona once tried to sign him, but he eventually chose to stay at Braga. He made his first-team debut at 17.
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