Luís Mateus: Benfica signing has Marco Silva written all over him | OneFootball

he is close to becoming a Benfica player. The transfer now depends only on the Portuguese midfielder finalizing the last contract details with Bayern Munich. For Luís Mateus, the holding midfielder has Marco Silva's "stamp".

"Marco Silva will certainly have approved Jakub Kaminski and Alessandro Circati, but if it is confirmed, the signing that bears his stamp is João Palhinha", he began by writing in his opinion piece "João Palhinha: the cornerstone of the 'new' Benfica" in the newspaper A BOLA.

The journalist from the same media outlet explained his view. "Because he coached him, yes, but also because he helped him develop and turned him into a key part of his Fulham side and a Premier League player, to the point that he later fit in at Tottenham and will probably be able to play an important role at Villa, with whom the Eagles competed for the transfer," it reads.

It should be recalled that Max Eberl, Bayern Munich's sporting managing director, confirmed that negotiations are underway for Palhinha's departure, although a few details still need to be settled to complete the deal. "I don't want to avoid the João topic. If before I said there was movement, now there is a lot of movement. However, some details still need to be finalized, as usually happens in negotiations of this kind," he said.

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