Exclusive Glorious 1904 confirmed! Rui Costa offloads Benfica star | OneFootball

It’s Exclusive Glorioso 1904 confirmed! Rui Costa will let a big name go. According to reports from the press, hockey player Lucas Ordóñez is preparing to end his competitive cycle at Benfica. Thus, the Argentine will not be part of the Eagles’ plans for the 2026/27 season.

The season isn’t even halfway through, but the Club of Light already knows it will not count on the 37-year-old Argentine—as Glorioso 1904 had already reported. According to the newspaper A Bola, in its Thursday, November 13th edition, the hockey player is the next athlete Benfica is looking to ‘offload’.

The same source clarifies that the departure of Lucas Ordóñez is part of the plan drawn up by the red and white structure, which has clear orders to let the older athletes go, in order to make room to integrate the club’s young prospects, aiming to renew the squad under Edu Castro’s management.

The future of the 37-year-old Argentine, who will turn 38 next April, coincides with the strategy behind the departure of Carlos Nicolía, who left the Club of Light at the end of last season. With the departure of the other attacker, Benfica was then able to fully promote the integration of Viti, the Eagles’ hockey player who is only 19 years old.

The departure of Lucas Ordóñez, who arrived in the 2018/19 season from Barcelona, will mark the end of an eight-season cycle wearing the Eagles’ jersey, during which he won a National Championship, a Portuguese Cup, two Super Cups, and three Elite Cups. In the current season, the number 9 has already played nine matches and scored five goals.

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