Youngster Ayoni Santos completes dream move to PSV from Sparta Rotterdam

[p]The 21-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santos-ayoni/jXHl0bUN/"]Ayoni Santos[/a] broke through in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta[/a]'s first team last season and quickly caught the eye of top Dutch teams.[/p][p]On Wednesday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV[/a] confirmed the signing of Santos on a five-year contract. Sparta have reportedly received a joint-record fee of €5 million for the attacking midfielder, who recorded two goal contributions in 26 games last season.[/p][p][b]“These were nerve-wracking days, during which I hoped everything would fall into place in time,” [/b]Santos said on the club website.[b] “I’m incredibly proud that I can now call myself a player for the best club in the Netherlands. The next step is to show on the pitch what I’m capable of."[/b][/p][embed guid="48387e6f-2c4b-4cc2-8f53-c3e3766e7fa6" url="https://x.com/PSV/status/2095062350927692139?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Santos's signing follows a day after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouaissa-sami/UsLzacGG/"]Sami Ouaissa[/a] joined PSV from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nijmegen/nRluRF0T/"]NEC Nijmegen[/a], who cost the champions €9 million. In total, PSV have now signed six new players after winning their third consecutive Eredivisie title.[/p][p][b]"I’d describe myself as a quick player with strong dribbling skills, who’s good at winning the ball back and has a great understanding of the game. Ultimately, I hope to become a first-team regular and, of course, win trophies,"[/b] Santos continued.[/p][p]Director of Football Earnest Stewart shared his delight at signing Santos, who debuted for the Cape Verdean national team earlier this year.[/p][image alt="Ayoni Santos's career statistics" id="d19bdf80-bd2e-46a5-a288-820759af619e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ff4df525-5c44-41da-8f90-30e7f184154e" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p][b]"Ayoni is a creative and dynamic player, strong in one-on-one situations and possessing the energy and intensity we are looking for. Although he is already performing at a high level, we believe he still has plenty of room to develop. That is why we have made a conscious decision to bring him to PSV now. We are convinced that Ayoni has a bright future ahead of him.”[/b][/p][p]PSV are on 10 points after 4 Eredivisie games, trailing leaders AZ by 10 points. The reigning champions visit title rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] next on Saturday, September 5th.[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /]