Benfica president Rui Costa has mentioned {that a} bid has been tabled for the companies of 19-year-old midfielder Joao Neves.
Neves, who featured in Portugal’s quarter-final run at Euro 2024, has been of curiosity to Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Arsenal.
The midfielder made 55 appearances in all competitions for the Eagles final season, scoring 3 times and serving to the membership carry a ninth Portuguese Tremendous Cup.
Neves performed simply 77 minutes on the European Championships in Germany, however has attracted curiosity for his assured midfield shows at membership stage.
The 19-year-old ranked second for many profitable passes within the Primeira Liga (1794), solely bettered by Sporting CP defender, Goncalo Inacio (2154).
Neves has a €120million (£101 million) launch clause in his contract, with Costa saying the membership are discussing a bid that was made in the previous few days, and that they might even be ready to simply accept a proposal beneath that valuation.
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“I by no means mentioned that Joao Neves would solely depart for his launch clause and due to this fact, these claims are false,” Costa mentioned, per A Bola.
“What I can say in relation to Joao Neves is that there’s a proposal on the desk. That has been within the information within the final days however I’m not going to say the place this proposal stands.
“There’s a proposal on the desk which is being evaluated and is being mentioned. However at this second, Joao Neves stays a Benfica participant.
“It’s not that I need to cover the ins and outs as a result of I perceive that Benfica followers need to know whether or not Joao will likely be leaving or not.
“However at this second, there are ongoing negotiations, so please enable me to be reserved about this topic so we will deal with what will likely be finest consequence for Benfica.”
It might mark yet one more big monetary sum acquired by the 38-time Primeira Liga champions in recent times.
The likes of Enzo Fernandez, Darwin Nunez, Ruben Dias and Joao Felix have all made large cash strikes over the previous 5 years, bringing in an estimated €404million.
