Benfica paid €6.5m, but Marco Silva drops him from Europa list | OneFootball

Benfica have already finalized the list of players registered for the Europa League league phase. UEFA recently revealed the names submitted by the Eagles. The biggest surprise among the absences from the club from Luz is clearly that of Bruma.

The Portuguese international winger is still a Benfica player, but he was sidelined by Marco Silva right at the start of pre-season and remains in search of a move in these final days of the transfer window. For that reason, the player, who cost €6.5 million, was not included on Benfica’s European list.

Without any major surprises, Souffian El Karouani, João Palhinha and Claudio Echeverri are the main new additions. The three signings arrived at Luz only after Benfica had beaten Aarhus in the play-off to reach the main phase of the competition and are now available to Marco Silva for the European tournament.

On the other hand, there are also some important changes to the list. Richard Ríos was not registered after the Colombian midfielder was loaned to Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia. João Rego is also not on the list sent to UEFA. The winger was loaned to Casa Pia and had previously been included on List B, intended for club-trained players.

Jaden Umeh was also left out. The Republic of Ireland international winger began pre-season work with the first team, but suffered an injury during a pre-season match against Flamengo. The physical problem will force Umeh to be sidelined for several months, making his registration for the Europa League league phase impossible.

See Bruma’s path in recovering from injury:

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