Lage’s lawyer slams Benfica director: never seen such treatment | OneFootball

Luís Miguel Henrique, the lawyer representing Bruno Lage in the legal case concerning Botafogo, revealed more details about the coach’s departure from Luz. The jurist pointed to “disloyal” behavior towards the coach and criticized the behavior of Mário Branco, the club’s general football director.

“The only thing Bruno Lage asked for, before his personal vacation, was a document ensuring that until September 30, Benfica would not dismiss him. And he had no problem if, the day after the elections, whether it was Rui Costa or another candidate, if they didn’t want him, he didn’t want any money from Benfica,” he began by saying on CMTV.

Luís Miguel Henrique shared more details: “I am not Bruno’s lawyer regarding anything with Benfica, because I do not agree with anything that is being done. I only deal with loyalty with those who treat me with loyalty. All of this was disloyal treatment. Before the vacation, Rui Costa gave the impression that yes. Bruno returned from vacation and, in fact, not anymore. And he was sure that, the following week in mid-July, things would go badly at the first setback.”

He then turned his attention to Mário Branco: “As for last week, I have never seen a coach, after the FIFA break, who didn’t want to play with only one day of preparation and the director saying no, that one day was enough. He was going to play the match against Santa Clara under those conditions. I know that Bruno asked to play the match on Saturday and Benfica did nothing,” he continued.

The lawyer speaks of “disloyalty” in the treatment of Bruno Lage: “Because of all this disloyalty, I do not agree with anything Bruno is doing to Benfica. I have never seen a coach treated so badly, so much disloyalty, and leaving 90% of the value of his contract on the table,” concluded Luís Miguel Henrique.

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