Real Madrid chose to sign the young French player Eduardo Camavinga on the last day of the summer transfer market, a deal that highlighted the 18-year-old, who began his journey from refugee camps in Africa.
Real Madrid announced that an official agreement had been reached to sign midfielder Camavinga from French club Rennes, with a contract that extends until 2027.
Local media reported that the value of the deal for the 18-year-old was in the region of 30 million euros.
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Camavinga was born in a refugee camp in Angola to Congolese parents, and his family emigrated to France when he was a two-year-old child.
Camavinga entered the youth ranks of Rennes, and played his first match with the first team in the French league at the age of 16 years, 4 months and 27 days.
In 2020, he played his first match with the French national team at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 29 days, becoming the youngest player to represent France since 1917.
Reports on French websites quoted testimonies from the family of the new Real Madrid player, who confirmed that he did not like football when he was young, as he preferred to play judo.
The boy who caught the attention of French football fans, starting with his brilliance in the match between Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain at the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, is the family's only hope to improve its situation and overcome the ordeals it has gone through.
The family, consisting of parents and 6 children, had a terrible accident when a fire broke out in their house, which had just completed its construction after years of arriving in France.
And one of those close to the family remembers that Celestino - Eduardo's father - after that incident whispered words in his son's ear, and said, "You are the hope of the family, and you are the one who will save us from this ordeal." It seems that this prophecy has now been fulfilled, with the talented player making headlines around the world and the beginning of a new experience in which he seeks to confirm his previous success in the French League and the national team.