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Marcotti: Atlético Madrid a large measurement up for Johnny Cardoso (0:49)
Gab Marcotti believes Johnny Cardoso's projected determination from Real Betis to Atlético Madrid is simply a "big measurement up" for the USMNT midfielder. (0:49)
ESPN News Services
Jul 16, 2025, 10:09 AM ET
United States nationalist squad midfielder Johnny Cardoso has completed a transportation to Atlético Madrid from Real Betis arsenic Madrid proceed to boost their squad for adjacent season.
Sources had told ESPN that Cardoso, 23, was a apical people for Diego Simeone, who was keen to amended his antiaircraft midfield options.
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Tottenham Hotspur obtained a precedence enactment to motion the USMNT planetary arsenic portion of the woody that sent Giovani Lo Celso to Betis successful 2024, but Cardoso volition stay successful LaLiga aft a year-and-half spell astatine Betis.
Cardoso, who signed a five-year contract, was calved successful the United States but is of Brazilian descent and has an Italian passport, meaning helium doesn't inhabit a non-European Union slot successful Simeone's squad.
The holding midfielder played successful Brazil until moving to Betis successful the 2023-24 season, wherever helium became an important subordinate for Manuel Pellegrini's team.
Cardoso made his elder debut for the United States successful a lucifer against Wales successful 2020. He has 22 caps, winning the Concacaf Nations League successful 2023 and 2024.
Cardoso had to retreat from Mauricio Pochettino's Concacaf Nations League squad successful March owed to a musculus injury.
Atlético connected Tuesday reached an agreement to motion 24-year-old Argentina planetary Thiago Almada from Brazilian nine Botafogo.
They antecedently had boosted their squad by signing midfielder Álex Baena from Villarreal and 22-year-old Italian near backmost Matteo Ruggeri from Atalanta.
Simeone's squad finished 3rd successful LaLiga past season, down Real Madrid and champions Barcelona.
They were eliminated successful the radical signifier of the Club World Cup.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
