Bruno Costa Carvalho: Benfica’s transfer market like never before | OneFootball

Bruno Costa Carvalho, former candidate for the presidency of Benfica, praises the market of the reds, which resulted in the biggest investment in the history of the eagles in a single transfer window. In this Glorioso 1904 Exclusive, the businessman also discussed the possible signing of Rodrigo Mora for Benfica, an idea he recently defended.

"Benfica's performance couldn't have been better at the start. We did the pre-season in competition, so all the goals we set at the beginning ended up being achieved. We qualified for the Champions League, for the League we won all the games and we won the Super Cup. And we also prepared Benfica for the season", begins Bruno Costa Carvalho.

Next, the businessman talks about Benfica's investment, without forgetting the market of the rivals: "We ended up making good signings, a good market, and I believe it was very positive for Benfica. It was an investment never seen before, but Porto and Sporting also spent a lot and Sporting only didn't spend more because they tried to buy a player for 40 million euros on the last market day and couldn't. All the big clubs in this market made investments never seen in Portugal and there is a problem here: the three won't win".

As for the positions that needed reinforcements in Bruno Lage's squad, Bruno Costa Carvalho believes that none were left unfilled: "Benfica bought with a lot of criteria. Bruno Lage had identified the problems last year and said he wanted a different type of players and indeed those players came to Benfica. There are no perfect squads, but we have a squad full of solutions and full of high-quality players. We didn't have a creative midfielder and Sudakov came and solved the problem, Di María's substitute (Lukebakio) was also solved on the last market day, so I think there was a well-done homework by Benfica".

Finally, Bruno Costa Carvalho talks about a recent comment he made on his Facebook page, where he pointed to the signing of Rodrigo Mora from Porto for the termination clause price of 70 million euros: "At this moment the opportunity is lost. I think the player didn't see future prospects in Porto, he was being mistreated by the club and I think he is a generational talent. Benfica should have taken a master stroke and talked to the player, I think he could have taken him to Luz. Now no longer, the termination clause has increased a lot, the player's dissatisfaction no longer exists and he ended up not leaving Porto, I think he won't leave anymore. It was an operation that would have happened quietly and I think it had all the conditions to have been done, but now there is no possibility", he concludes.

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