Roma Close to Signing Rodrigo Mora from Porto
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Roma is a football club in Italy. Roma wants to buy a young player named Rodrigo Mora. Mora plays for a club called Porto in Portugal.
News from Italy says Roma is very close to closing the deal. This means Roma and Porto are near an agreement.
Roma made a new offer to Porto. An offer is money that one club gives to buy a player.
The deal has a special clause. This clause is about a lot of money. It is called a release clause. This is money another club must pay to take the player away later.
People say this release clause is a record. This means it is very high, more than before.
Roma wants to finish this transfer quickly. A transfer is when a player moves from one club to another club.
The news does not say the exact money yet. But it looks like Roma is close to getting Mora.
Vocabulary6 words
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- offer
- money one side gives to get something
- clause
- a special part of an agreement
- release clause
- money needed to let a player leave
- record
- the biggest or highest ever
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new club
Quiz
Answer key
1. Roma 2. Porto 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Roma is a football club in Italy. Roma wants to buy a young player named Rodrigo Mora. Mora plays for a club called _____ in Portugal.
News from Italy says Roma is very close to closing the _____.
Roma made a new _____ to Porto.
The deal has a special _____. It is about a lot of money.
This is called a _____. This is money another club must pay to take the player away later.
People say this release clause is a _____.
Roma wants to finish this _____ quickly.