He scored a hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League in April, becoming the youngest Benfica player and the youngest Portuguese footballer to score three goals in Europe and the youngest player ever to do so in the competition. He shone at Benfica, and at 16 became their reserve team's youngest ever player when he made his debut in September 2016. Former Swansea and Sheffield Wednesday assistant manager Lage has said: "We're not going to turn Joao Felix into a superhero. "Since Ronaldo we have not had a player so exciting and young like him until now," he told BBC Sport. But he is also a very good player to connect the game between the lines, to assist and pass.

Source: BBC May 26, 2019 06:11 UTC