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Benfica preferred Amar Dedic over Georgios Vagiannidis. The Greek international was a market target for the eternal rivals of Lisbon, but the right-back ended up leaving Panathinaikos to become a reinforcement for Sporting. The new 'number 13' of the lions arrived at Alvalade in a deal worth around 12 million euros.

According to information advanced by the newspaper Record, the possibility of signing the 'number 13' of the lions was presented to the eagles, while he was still a Panathinaikos player at the time. However, Benfica was solely focused on closing Amar Dedic and did not pay attention to Vagiannidis.

The same source assures that the Bosnian was always a priority for the reds, as his profile was more appealing to Benfica's structure than that of Vagiannidis, who ended up being negotiated by Frederico Varandas, as he was already an old desire of Sporting.

The Hellenic international was officially presented as the new reinforcement of the green and whites on August 6th and, despite the short time at Alvalade, he was also crucial for the signing of Fotis Ioannidis, as they have a very strong friendship.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Georgios Vagiannidis - valued at 8 million euros - participated in three matches. The green and white full-back was a substitute used in all the matches he played, totaling 98 minutes and one assist.

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