Coventry City ‘clinch’ deal for Brazilian-Australian after impressive A-League season
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Coventry City have been strongly linked with a move for Australian A-League prodigy Raphael Borges Rodrigues who, it is claimed, has ‘clinched a multi-year deal’ with the Championship club.
Aussie sports outlet FTBL reports that the 20-year-old winger will ‘leave for the UK imminently’ after Sydney club Macarthur FC have ‘agreed an undisclosed fee’ with the Sky Blues.
The report further states that Rodrigues is viewed by Mark Robins as ‘capable of thriving’ in English football’s second tier.
The Brazilian-Australian – son of former Adelaide United striker Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues – made 33 appearances in all competitions for the Bulls, netting six times with two assists.
His development, says the article, ‘went into overdrive under Mile Sterjovski’s mentorship at Macarthur’ after first emerging at A-League rivals Melbourne City.
It is claimed he was being courted by several others clubs in England and Scotland before opting to head to the Midlands.
According to FTBL in Australia, the Sky Blues have reached terms with A-League outfit Macarthur FC for the signing of Raphael Borges Rodrigues.
The 20-year-old has played a key role for the Australian outfit this season, featuring in 25 of their 27 league games, including 21 starts (all stats from Fbref).
The winger has contributed four goals and two assists in the A-League, as well as a further two goals in the AFC Cup in 2023-24, with Macarthur FC finishing fifth place in their league table.
Rodrigues has been a standout figure for Macarthur since joining from Melbourne City 12 months ago, going from strength to strength under manager Mile Sterjovski, who played English football himself with Derby County.
