""I am just excited to be here and play," Mendes said. "I think it is going to be a good season. "I think it is a really good team and I am excited for the future.""
""I think it is good to be able to play in different styles of football," Mendes said. "In Brazil, it is one style, Spain is another one and England is another one so I think it compliments your game really well if you have played at different places. I just want to help as much as I can in the U21s and in the first team. I don't mind what level, I just love playing football and if the chance comes, I will take great use of it.""
João Mendes, 20, has signed a one-year contract with Hull City's Under-21 team as a free agent after his Burnley contract expired four months earlier. He is a versatile winger who can play on either flank and made five appearances for Burnley's U21 side last season. Mendes is a youth product of Cruzeiro and featured for Barcelona's youth teams after joining Barça in March 2023, before moving to Burnley in August 2024. Mendes values experience in Brazil, Spain and England for complementing a player's game and aims to help the U21s while being ready for any first-team chance. His father Ronaldinho won the 2005 Ballon d'Or, the 2002 World Cup, two LaLiga titles and one Champions League with Barcelona.
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