I don't doubt that. I just don't see it fitting in with Benfica's strategy. They will want cash for Neves so they can go and find the next one. Signing Bernado for 50m is completely against that. Does he make them any more competitive in Europe or guarantee them domestic success, I don't think he does.Bernardo wants to retire there tbf bet he'll take the hit on the wage but seems early in his career for that. Could do with the Neves/Silva deal being agreed for 2025 so we dont miss out on him or more Bernie imo. Hes not even 30 yet.
thought that with Dias/Otamentdi tbf. Mendes gonna have to pull some strings to get it done. Everyone loves the returning hero story. All down to Silva's decision.I don't doubt that. I just don't see it fitting in with Benfica's strategy. They will want cash for Neves so they can go and find the next one. Signing Bernado for 50m is completely against that. Does he make them any more competitive in Europe or guarantee them domestic success, I don't think he does.
Helps us massively with amortization to be fair, so we may turn a book profit on him if he goes this summer.Giving him that contract extension is up there with signing Phillips as our worst bit of business in a decade.
Hard to know what that value is though as it was an exchange transfer.Helps us massively with amortization to be fair, so we may turn a book profit on him if he goes this summer.
Neves for Silva & Cancelo wins Benfica the league & gets them further in the CL. On that basis alone, with addition win bonuses, they'll make more money to invest in the next Neves I reckon.I don't doubt that. I just don't see it fitting in with Benfica's strategy. They will want cash for Neves so they can go and find the next one. Signing Bernado for 50m is completely against that. Does he make them any more competitive in Europe or guarantee them domestic success, I don't think he does.
More of a Saudi thingCan't we just have him whacked?
Loan him to Newcastle & let MBS do the rest?More of a Saudi thing