Player Profile

Opportunity knocks for striker with Royal class

by
The LeaguePaper Team
1 November 2020

By Chris Dunlavy
LUCAS JOAO
READING FORWARD

SPOT-ON: Lucas Joao scores for Reading in their 3-0 win against Rotherham last week
PICTURE: PA Images

HIT AND MISS: Joao in his Sheff Wed days

FANS of Sheff Wed could be forgiven for wondering what Reading put in their pre-match meals.
In four years at Hillsborough, Lucas Joao was rarely more than window dressing. Extravagantly talented and a scorer of sublime goals, the 6ft 3ins striker was widely considered too injury-prone and inconsistent to fulfil his immense potential.
Joao, according to his former Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal, was...

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