Glorioso 1904 exclusive: Benfica wonderkid set to leave Rui Costa hanging | OneFootball

Mauro Furtado will not accept the contract renewal offer put forward by Benfica, Glorioso 1904 has learned. In this exclusive, our newspaper reports that the 17-year-old footballer is not fully inclined to accept the sporting project the Club from Luz has prepared and could leave Rui Costa empty-handed.

Glorioso 1904 has learned from sources close to the process that the 17-year-old defender is not interested in renewing with Benfica, in a process that has dragged on for several months. With that in mind, our newspaper understands that Mauro Furtado intends to leave the Club from Luz and move on to pastures new next season.

If this scenario does happen, as Glorioso 1904 has exclusively learned, Benfica will miss out on the chance to tie down another young prodigy who has stood out for Portugal’s under-17 national team. On the other hand, our newspaper has learned that this deadlock in the renewal talks has existed since the World Cup of the same age group, where the player allegedly turned down the Eagles’ initial offer.

It is worth recalling that, after winning the World Cup, Benfica have been busy trying to keep hold of their main gems, as was the case with Anísio Cabral, Daniel Banjaqui and José Neto. Rafael Quintas is in a similar situation to Mauro Furtado, but recent reports indicate that the midfielder will accept the renewal offer from the Club from Luz.

This season, in Benfica’s service, Benfica’s Mauro Furtado has already made 23 official appearances across the under-23 and under-19 levels: 17 in the National Junior Championship and six in Liga Revelação. In the 1,756 minutes he has been on the pitch, the 17-year-old defender has scored three goals.

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