Joao Mendes, 14, has signed for Cruzeiro and club director of football Amarildo Ribeiro is delighted with the deal.
"Today, we signed the contract of João Mendes, who is a promising player with interesting characteristics and who, I believe, will soon be integrating our professional team," he said.
"He is a player that has a good physical size, a high technical quality. A player who can play both as an area player and as a second striker. He is a player who, even with the big size, has speed and finishes very well."
