Manchester City have defined the hiring of a central striker as a priority for the new season, but the process is not easy. Pep Guardiola himself came to the terreiro to complain about the high price that the clubs are asking for. «With the prices you are asking, we are not going to hire any … Read more
Frederico Chiesa was elected by UEFA as the best on the pitch in the semi-final with Spain (1-1, 4-2 gp). In the end, the Juventus winger took the opportunity to make a special dedication. “It was a very complicated game, Spain are a top team, but we proved that we are a strong group. I … Read more
July 6, 2009 marks the beginning of Cristiano Ronaldo’s era at Real Madrid. Through social networks, the merengue emblem marked the 12th anniversary of the day the Portuguese international was officially presented as a white player, in front of an audience of 80,000 fans at the Santiago Bernabéu. Signed for €94 million from Manchester United … Read more
The controversy broke out in Barcelona. Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembélé were caught in a video making fun of Asian workers who were called to their hotel room to resolve a technical problem. After several accusations of racism, the two players went public to apologize, but the case did not stop there. This Tuesday, Rakuten, … Read more
Pedro Pablo Pichardo won the Gyulai István Memorial’s triple-jump competition in Hungary, with the best world record of the year: 17.92 meters. The Portuguese athlete was very close to the national record of 17.95 meters, which also belongs to him, as did the previous best record of 2021, achieved in Madrid last month, with 17.69 … Read more
Benfica confirmed the definitive transfer of Brazilian Caio Lucas to Al Sharjah, a club in the United Arab Emirates in which the winger played last season (10 goals in 36 games) on loan from the eagles. Caio Lucas, 27, was signed at no cost at the start of the 2018/18 season, ending up leaving Benfica … Read more
Marseille will be Benfica’s last opponent in the pre-season, with a game scheduled for July 25, Sunday, at Estádio da Luz, with a time yet to be set. Until then, after the first challenge against the B team, Jorge Jesus’ team, remember, have six more games to go. Next Wednesday, July 7, against Covilhã, the … Read more
Tiago Dantas showed up yesterday at Seixal to join the B team while he has no club to pursue his career. The wait, however, will be short. Tondela entered the scene to sign the 20-year-old attacking midfielder and will be close to getting it. Benfica decided to lend Tiago Dantas to a Portuguese club, after … Read more
He is one of the mainstays of the Sporting team, a player with unique characteristics and considered essential for coach Rúben Amorim. But the season he played for the Leon team and the fact that he was promoted to Portuguese international, with appearances in Portugal’s last two Euro-2020 games (against France and Belgium), make João … Read more
Josep Maria Bartomeu, former president of Barcelona, left a very heavy legacy in the hands of Joan Laporta. The salary mass of the Catalan squad is, at the moment, astronomical and the club’s financial debts are piling up. The total debt amounts to 1,173 million euros, 730 of which are short-term, and Laporta himself has … Read more