Mohamed Amoura left behind, Benfica set sights on new top target | OneFootball

The deal for Mohamed Amoura has fallen through, after Benfica gave up on hiring the Wolfsburg athlete. Against the clock, Rui Costa, together with Rui Pedro Braz, are already preparing the next approach to the market and, as has been found out, already have a new priority in mind.

The newspaper A Bola writes, in this Friday's edition, August 22, that Benfica is now in the market to hire a creative midfielder, a position that has been a gap in Bruno Lage's squad. Apparently, the issue of the wingers will remain as it is, for now, with everything indicating that Kerem Akturkoglu will not leave the Luz.

The acquisition of a creative midfielder is not new in this transfer window for the eagles, it's a matter that Rui Costa had put aside about a month ago, after the reds failed to hire Thiago Almada from Botafogo. Meanwhile, the Argentine midfielder, who had been loaned to Lyon, moved to the Spanish team Atlético Madrid,

However, the same source reveals that the eagles, with Rui Pedro Braz leading the operations, already have some names identified, although the identity of these players is not known. However, the newspaper A Bola points out that Benfica has some urgency to close the deal, since the transfer market closes on September 1.

Regarding sales, the sports daily reports that the Club of Light is studying the possibility of selling Florentino Luís, since for his position, the eagles already have Enzo Barrenechea, Richard Rios, and Manu Silva, the latter entering the final stage of recovery from the injury. Benfica would be willing to listen to proposals around 30 million euros and the Portuguese has a market in Italy, England, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia,

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