Hugo Oliveira backs one of Benfica's latest signings: can light up the Luz | OneFootball

Benfica’s transfer market was once again marked by major arrivals and departures, in a summer of intense activity at the Luz. For Hugo Oliveira, MP and Benfica member, among the signings that drew the most attention is Claudio Echeverri.

“Echeverri is another interesting bet. He is young, talented, and arrives with the possibility of staying on. Benfica can be an excellent development platform, but it must not turn into an academy for polishing players for Europe’s richest clubs. If a player grows at the Luz, plays, makes mistakes, learns, and increases his value, Benfica has to be able to benefit from that,” he wrote in the newspaper 'A Bola'.

What’s more, he also gave a preview of what some of the new players may offer Benfica, highlighting names such as João Palhinha, Alessandro Circati, Echeverri, and Jhon Durán: “Palhinha can become fundamental. Circati can be an excellent signing. Echeverri can excite the Luz. Durán can explode. Others will surprise and some will disappoint,” he said.

In his analysis of the market as a whole, Hugo Oliveira highlighted the scale of the changes in Benfica’s squad. For the commentator, the departures forced Benfica to reshape different areas, but the arrivals also made it possible to add new solutions.

“At Benfica this ritual is experienced on steroids. But looking now at the beginning and the end of the market, important players left. The defense changed, the midfield changed, and some of the attacking alternatives changed. Players arrived to fill those places, but also to give the team characteristics it did not have.”

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