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Report: Tottenham agree on prearranged fee with Real Betis for future transfer of USMNT midfielder Johnny Cardoso

Johnny Cardoso could be bound for the Premier League, with Tottenham Hotspur reportedly agreeing a transfer fee with Real Betis for the U.S. national team midfielder. Spurs are prepared to pay $33M for the 22-year-old, according to <a href="https://x.com/tombogert/status/1829540300307788040" target="_self">GIVEMESPORT.</a>The agreement, however, is a prearranged fee for a future transfer. It's unknown when or if the North London club will trigger the agreement.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Johnny has been linked with top clubs from all over Europe this summer, including <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/usmnt-johnny-cardoso-bidding-war-barcelona-atletico-madrid/bltbe725793b77f9219" target="_self">La Liga giants Barcelona.</a>The U.S. international represented his nation at Copa America 2024, where he featured in two of their three Group Stage matches at the tournament. In total, he has 15 caps for the USMNT, and is widely-seen as one of the most important dual-national recruits from the Gregg Berhalter era, as he was born in New jersey to Brazilian parents, and grew up in the South America.His <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/johnny-cardoso-barcelona-transfer-rumors-real-betis-la-liga-usmnt-copa-america/blted4ec1149eb3da74" target="_self">meteoric rise in 2024</a> has caught the attention of the footballing world, with Spurs now the latest suitor.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/ac-milan-erica-christian-pulisic-yunus-musah-joined-san-siro-usmnt-team-mate-johnny-cardoso-transfer-radar/blta65a51f5bbc12abb" target="_self">AC Milan were also a rumored destination</a> for Johnny this summer. The Rossoneri were in the market for a midfielder, and if the move were to have come to fruition, he would have been the third American at the club alongside Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah.

DID YOU KNOW?

It remains to be seen if Spurs sign a deal with Betis for the 22-year-old before the end of the European transfer window.

WHAT NEXT FOR JOHNNY?

Report: Tottenham agree on prearranged fee with Real Betis for future transfer of USMNT midfielder Johnny Cardoso | Goal.com

The European transfer window closes Friday evening, and the 22-year-old American is the subject of a big-money move to the North London club.