Confirmed: Benfica sign new number 10 for under €7m | OneFootball

It's official! Benfica has confirmed the signing of Georgiy Sudakov from Shaktan Donetsk, a day after the player arrived in Lisbon. Through official channels, the Club of Light revealed that the player will wear the eagles' number 10 jersey, and also detailed the terms of the deal with the Ukrainian emblem.

In the statement that Benfica shared on the official website and that was also sent to the CMVM, it explained that the Ukrainian international arrives at Luz on loan: “Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD informs that it has reached an agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk for the loan of player Heorhii Sudakov for the 2025/26 sports season, for an amount of € 6,750,000 (six million seven hundred and fifty thousand euros).

However, immediately afterwards, the reds reveal that they have agreed, with the Ukrainian emblem, that they will keep the athlete permanently at the end of this season: “The said agreement includes a mandatory clause for the exercise of the transfer of the player's sports rights, from the 2026/27 season, for an amount of € 20,250,000 (twenty million two hundred and fifty thousand euros)”.

Finally, confirming what the press had already advanced in recent days, the deal between the two parties can exceed the barrier of 32M€: “It stipulates a variable remuneration associated with individual and collective objectives, in the maximum amount of € 5,000,000 (five million euros). Thus, the total value of the transfer could reach the amount of € 25,250,000 (twenty-five million two hundred and fifty thousand euros)”.

In the current season, Georgiy Sudakov - valued at 32 million euros - has, so far, played 10 matches: five in the Europa League qualifying stage, three in the National Championship and two in the Conference League preliminaries. In the 763 minutes he was on the pitch, the midfielder made two assists.

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