Luís Miguel Henrique slams Rui Costa, says president broke word | OneFootball

Luís Miguel Henrique, lawyer representing Bruno Lage in the legal case the coach has with Botafogo, revealed that he decided not to represent his client in the process of leaving Benfica, due to the way Rui Costa and Mário Branco treated the coach and the decision of the manager to forgo a large part of the compensation he was entitled to.

"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 with, 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 loyally with those who treat me loyally. All of this was disloyal treatment. Before the vacation, Rui Costa gave the impression that yes. Bruno returned from vacation and in the end, not anymore. And he was sure that, the following week in mid-July, things would go badly at the first setback".

Next, he set his sights on Mário Branco: "As for last week, I’ve never seen a coach, after the FIFA break, who didn’t want to play with just one day of preparation and the director said no, that one day was enough. He was going to play 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 that Bruno is doing to Benfica. I have never seen a coach treated so badly, with so much disloyalty, and leaving 90% of the value of his contract on the table," concluded Luís Miguel Henrique.

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