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Aligold says too expensive this window.
I'm reading that as 'too expensive before any dialogue has taken place'. If Mourinho wants him we have ITK that Levy will try.
Aligold says too expensive this window.
I'm reading that as 'too expensive before any dialogue has taken place'. If Mourinho wants him we have ITK that Levy will try.
He basically says "Google tells me there's an 80m release clause." It's a throwaway line at best in his column about the weekendAligold says too expensive this window.
There was ITK that their spending this year was based on staying in the Champions League, I can't remember if it was verified or unverified ITK but that's why people are thinking along those lines.I told you. also have no idea how a lot of you came up with the idea that Benfica had a need to sell. sure, missing UCL is a setback but Benfica has been a well run club for a while now, having made enormous sales in the recent past so there was no reason to believe they would have had approached the market banking on the fact that they'd qualify for UCL. they will probably be sellers (and Vinicius might well be the striker we go for since Jesus doesn't rate him) but Dias is their best player (in my opinion of course, considering the state and balance of the squad) and his departure for a negotiated price would be detrimental for Vieira's (Benfica president) candidacy.
what ITK? anything close to Benfica? haven't seen any myself and I'm pretty well informed (as Portuguese, difficult not to be when the sports media spins around them). also that would have been borderline amateur. it doesn't fit the overall narrative of recent past either.There was ITK that their spending this year was based on staying in the Champions League, I can't remember if it was verified or unverified ITK but that's why people are thinking along those lines.
I don't know their sources I'm just telling you why some people came up with the idea that Benfica might sell.what ITK? anything close to Benfica? haven't seen any myself and I'm pretty well informed (as Portuguese, difficult not to be when the sports media spins around them). also that would have been borderline amateur. it doesn't fit the overall narrative of recent past either.
I should add that I haven't seen any reports from Portuguese sources about a possible Dias departure.
lets get him .... commonFrom Portugal: Benfica would listen to a huge Tottenham offer for Ruben Dias - Sport Witness
The Portuguese media reacts today to the news from the English press which says Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Newspaper A Bola is the one who brings a story on the situation, and even though they don’t have a lot to say about José Mourinho’s efforts to sign the...sportwitness.co.uk
From Portugal: Benfica would listen to a huge Tottenham offer for Ruben Dias - Sport Witness
The Portuguese media reacts today to the news from the English press which says Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Newspaper A Bola is the one who brings a story on the situation, and even though they don’t have a lot to say about José Mourinho’s efforts to sign the...sportwitness.co.uk
circular reporting really. the article adds absolutely no information, just echoing the reports from English media (which is already very vague, we know Mourinho fancies him but no bids have been made as far as known) and filling the papers with Benfica news. the usual. sorry to be pessimistic but I don't see a world we make this happen during this window. the Portuguese article states that Benfica might be willing to negotiate but it is worded as purely exploratory. best case scenario I see, they are willing to go under the release clause but would never ask for under 75M or something along those lines. at that point are we even willing to match the valuation?From Portugal: Benfica would listen to a huge Tottenham offer for Ruben Dias - Sport Witness
The Portuguese media reacts today to the news from the English press which says Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Newspaper A Bola is the one who brings a story on the situation, and even though they don’t have a lot to say about José Mourinho’s efforts to sign the...sportwitness.co.uk
Cue Daniel to offer £12 millionFrom Portugal: Benfica would listen to a huge Tottenham offer for Ruben Dias - Sport Witness
The Portuguese media reacts today to the news from the English press which says Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Newspaper A Bola is the one who brings a story on the situation, and even though they don’t have a lot to say about José Mourinho’s efforts to sign the...sportwitness.co.uk
Japh ?From latest ITL dragon saying if we sell Foyth to Leeds, CCV and Aurier that would pay for Dias - noice!! (although little concerned letting Aurier go at moment as only leaves us with Doherty).
Cue Daniel to offer £12 million
We could give them 55M-60M plus Toby and allow him to rekindle the Vertonghen partnership.Benfica are in a bit of financial bother but like I said before their fans and Jesus would riot if Dias is sold so it would have to be rewarding enough for them to buy another decent CB.
They didn't go to all the trouble to bring in Jorge Jesus just so that they'd sell their best players.
Either Levy stumps up 40m + or he has to get very creative.
From Portugal: Benfica would listen to a huge Tottenham offer for Ruben Dias - Sport Witness
The Portuguese media reacts today to the news from the English press which says Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Newspaper A Bola is the one who brings a story on the situation, and even though they don’t have a lot to say about José Mourinho’s efforts to sign the...sportwitness.co.uk
How does that help? We will need to find a replacement for Toby as well?We could give them 55M-60M plus Toby and allow him to rekindle the Vertonghen partnership.
We could give them 55M-60M plus Toby and allow him to rekindle the Vertonghen partnership.
Seems fairly simple to me: Foyth and CCV aren't in Jose's plans. If we keep Aurier then Tanganga will be fourth choice CB, if Aurier is sold Tanganga will slot in as backup RB and we'll bring in a new CB.
Personally I think I'd prefer that we sold Serge and tried to upgrade the CB position. We could obviously stand to improve the play of our current CBs, Aurier is full of mistakes and Tanganga was excellent in his appearances last season. I think the scenario of bringing in Dias (or potentially someone the club rates even more highly, as Dragon mentioned) and shifting Tanganga to RB leaves us stronger overall than keeping Aurier and not upgrading the current starting CBs.