Cristóvão Carvalho names ideal manager for Benfica's Champions push | OneFootball

A candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for the upcoming October 25th at Benfica, Cristóvão Carvalho made some promises, should he be elected president of the Eagles. Among his statements, he considers that Jurgen Klopp is the ideal coach to lead the team to win the Champions League.

"With me, Bruno Lage will not stay beyond the contract that ends at the end of the season. I need a top-level coach who has already won the Champions League and wants to win a Champions League with Benfica. There is only one name in my mind: Jurgen Klopp," he stated to SIC.

The lawyer - who demands answers from João Noronha Lopes - recalls the words of the German coach: "He once said that Benfica is a great club that he would like to coach one day. Someone who says this has something more than others to be at the club. In the current Benfica, it's obvious that it's not possible to win a Champions League. But I have a financial project aimed at that goal. I can promise the Benfica fans that, in four or five years, we will be playing a Champions League final," he emphasized.

Regarding the deals made in the last transfer windows, the candidate for the upcoming elections explained the context of João Neves' sale: "Benfica negotiated João Neves because they had a serious cash flow problem. If they had offered him three million euros gross, he would have stayed. He wanted to stay.

Cristóvão Carvalho would have kept the player at Luz: "Every cent should have been paid, not only because he is a great player, but also because of his passion for Benfica. In the next 20 or 30 years, another João Neves will not be born. I guarantee that I will do everything to bring him back to Benfica as soon as possible. He is one of those old-fashioned players, like Coluna or Eusébio. He is made of that material," he concluded.

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