Written by Paul McGarraghy
Girona have secured the providers of Manchester Metropolis centre-back Vitor Reis. The 19-year-old Brazilian was noticed shortly after touchdown in Spain on Tuesday and was seen posing for a photograph with a Girona fan forward of his mortgage transfer.
👀📸 El second de l’arribada de VITOR REIS a Girona, el central brasiler del Manchester Metropolis, que firma fins a closing de temporada. @QueThiJugues pic.twitter.com/F6GQbFaV1D
— Nil Solà (@Nilsola10) August 6, 2025
Reis joined Metropolis within the January switch window from Palmeiras, in a deal reported to be price roughly €37m, and is considered as a long-term funding by the English membership. Nonetheless, given the wealth of expertise the Premier League aspect possess in central defence, a mortgage transfer has been thought of the best choice for Reis’ improvement.
Early days at Manchester Metropolis for Vitor Reis
Since making the change from Brazil to Manchester, Reis has made simply 4 appearances for Metropolis – beginning three video games, two of which got here within the FA Cup towards Leyton Orient and Plymouth Argyle, and one within the latest FIFA Membership World Cup towards Wydad AC – along with a substitute look on his Premier League debut towards Leicester Metropolis.
The Catalan membership is extensively seen inside the Metropolis Soccer Group as a superb platform for expertise improvement. Nonetheless, as each Girona and Metropolis have been members in the identical European competitors final season, UEFA guidelines prevented any mortgage strikes between the 2 sides. Nonetheless, as Girona followers will recall, Metropolis exercised their choice to buy one other Brazilian – who had been on mortgage at Girona in the course of the 2023/24 season from fellow CFG membership ESTAC Troyes – in July 2024.
Girona to overlook out on Echeverri
Girona made it clear early in the summertime that they have been keen to herald multiple loanee from Manchester Metropolis forward of the brand new season and likewise expressed robust curiosity in younger Argentine midfielder Claudio Echeverri. Nonetheless, Echeverri is known to want a transfer to a membership competing in UEFA competitors, with Italian aspect AS Roma – who’re set to function within the Europa League – eager to safe his providers, together with a number of Premier League golf equipment. The door to Girona has not but closed, however it’s now thought of extra unlikely than probably that he’ll be part of the Catalan aspect on mortgage for the 2025/26 season.Girona stay fascinated about a number of different gamers inside Metropolis’s ranks, and the English membership need to transfer on a lot of squad members – both to assist their improvement or to unencumber area, with Pep Guardiola having said his need for a smaller squad. A call on who will be part of Reis on mortgage at Girona is more likely to take a while and can depend upon different actions inside the market.