Vitor Roque, A Star In The Making

Vitor Roque has to play at Barcelona sooner, the Catalans are clear that he’s the chosen one

According several reports of late, Barcelona are ready to get the young Athletico Paranaense star on board.

Vitor Roque in the best moment of his career

The striker scored again in the match against Palmeiras, proving once again why he’s the better fit for Barcelona. The Brazilian has scored six goals in the last five games for his club and he’s the second top scorer in the Brazilian Série A with 7 goals and only 3 goals behind Botofago forward Tiquinho Soares.

The match against Palmeiras had two future stars who can mark a rivalry in the future faced each other. Endrick (16 years old) has already signed for Madrid, which paid a figure close to 60 million (35 fixed + 25 in variables) and Roque is close to signing for Barça.

Vitor Roque, who will soon become a Barça player, and Endrick, who will arrive at Real Madrid in the summer of 2024, were protagonists in Ath. Paranaense vs Palmeiras yesterday (2-2).

In the match, Endrick missed a penalty and scored a goal and Roque won a penalty, got a player… pic.twitter.com/UBAoYxSp1d
— Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) July 3, 2023

What can Roque bring to the Barcelona team?

In the Brazilian football league, some already consider him the only able player to turn into the ‘new’ Ronaldo Nazario. In case that it follow the same ascending line that has had up to now. We are speaking of a player that shows constantly forceful in all the facets of the game. When pressing the opposition defense, his work-rate on and off the ball, accuracy and the capacity to read the game, besides his speed and ball movement , these are few of the things he can bring to Barcelona. Take his game against Palmeiras yesterday where he was the main protagonist in the match. In addition to achieving the goal of the draw, he forced the penalty that marked the beginning of the comeback for his team. Additionally, he caused the expulsion of an opponent for a second yellow card.

A strategic signing

He has a profile of a Barca ‘9’ , a striker that doesn’t remain in opposition box throughout the game. A striker that can pressthe opponent and force them to make an error. He can be the Lewandowski successor and also learn lots of thing from the great striker. He equally can give Barça a great squad depth and allow Lewandowski to have enough rest. Last season, the Polish forward had to compete in all tournaments without having enough rest. With Barça signing Vitor Roque, they will surely have gold on their hands.