Leonor Pinhão slams Benfica’s strategy: But what market? | OneFootball

Leonor Pinhão was highly critical of Benfica’s strategy during the off-season, particularly regarding the case of the Eagles’ Turkish winger. The columnist for the newspaper Record used her space in Record to write about the transfer window: “I don’t have, nor do I want to have, any opinion on the Aktürkoglu case until the market closes. But which market?”

The columnist began by summarizing the saga involving Kerem Akturkoglu and Fenerbahçe this summer, detailing the advances and setbacks, and highlighting the player’s presence for Benfica in the first leg of the Champions League play-off.

“At the end of the game, the sports press was unanimous in considering Aktürkoglu one of the best on the field in what was a rather poor match with little to spark interest,” she remarked, concluding the initial part of her reflection on the subject.

Leonor Pinhão continued with further criticism: “From here, Aktürkoglu’s situation is as follows: Lage may or may not use the player in the matches against Tondela and Fenerbahçe; the market in Europe closes on September 1st (in Portugal it will be on the 2nd), but there are countries where it closes later, such as Turkey, where it closes on September 11th, according to what I read in the newspapers.”

“In these weeks, Aktürkoglu has ceased to be a football player and has become a tradable asset. As a fan of the game, I am indifferent to these emotions of the business world. That’s why I don’t even want to have an opinion on the matter. I fear this nonsense will last until the winter transfer window closes. There’s very little creativity in this,” Leonor Pinhão concluded, regarding the management of the Turkish winger’s case.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.