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Benfica supervisor Bruno Lage tells off Juventus and all different suitors considering his defender Antonio Silva.
The Bianconeri, who’re determined to signal a brand new centre-back in January following Gleison Bremer’s season-ending harm, have recognized the 21-year-old Portuguese as one in all their major targets. The Italian giants are additionally counting on their wonderful relationship together with his agent Jorge Mendes who can assist them attain the end line.
Furthermore, Silva is outwardly open to leaving the nest. The younger defender was once a daily starter throughout Roger Schmidt’s time on the membership, making his huge breakthrough as a mere teenager. Nevertheless, the state of affairs drastically modified when Lage took over in September. The brand new supervisor has been principally counting on Nicolas Otamendi and Tomas Araujo as his principal choices on the coronary heart of the backline, leaving the Portugal worldwide on the bench.
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Nonetheless, the 48-year-old tactician insists that Silva isn’t on the market, but when any high membership needs to barter a deal, they must present up with a profitable provide.
“Antonio Silva needs Juventus? For us it’s completely not an issue, for 2 causes: first, nobody has spoken to me about this topic; secondly, I see a participant utterly centered on Benfica,” mentioned the supervisor in his press convention (by way of IlBianconero).
“I might additionally wish to take this chance to speak a bit of about this case, as a result of, from what I see, it might be a mortgage state of affairs. I take a look at the three defenders in the identical approach. I give the instance of the three defenders, and the way I see our group… Nico [Otamendi] has a market, Tomás Araújo definitely has a market, and António [Silva] additionally has a market.”
“On the finish of the season, those that don’t have a contract will likely be free to resolve their future, whereas those that do have a contract have launch clauses. So there’s one factor that’s sure, those that need Benfica gamers should include cash and, in recent times, those that have come have proven up with full wallets,” added Lage.
“This has all the time been the case and it’ll occur sooner or later, for positive, with António [Silva] or Tomás [Araújo]. So the large golf equipment, with monumental monetary energy, will come right here, persuade the participant, pay the clause and the participant can depart.”
