At the same time that they are positioning themselves in the market to hire a central defender, Benfica is working on the renewal of contracts for several players and one of them is Morato, a central defender who is only 20 years old and at this time, with a serious injury and prolonged stoppage of Lucas Veríssimo, is the third central defender of the team and very likely the starting lineup for the next games, in the tactical scheme of three centrals that Jorge Jesus usually uses.
Alongside this dossier, on the SAD table is also the purchase of 15 percent of the economic rights of the central that remain in the hands of São Paulo – Morato arrived in 2019, with the reds paying €7.5 million but only for 85 percent of the pass.
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