Midfielder who was close to Benfica heads to AZ Alkmaar for €4m | OneFootball

Benfica is thus set to miss out on yet another player who had been linked with the club from Luz. A midfielder was on the Eagles’ radar, but the player’s career now looks set to continue in the Netherlands, with a move that is very close to being made official.

The player in question is Stije Resink, a 23-year-old defensive midfielder who is very close to swapping Groningen for AZ Alkmaar. According to the Dutch press, the deal should be completed for around €4 million, bringing the player’s spell at his current club to an end.

Resink was linked with Benfica during the January transfer window, at a time when his name was gaining traction as a possible reinforcement for midfield. The player has represented Groningen since 2024/25, after being signed from Almere City, and quickly took on an important role in the team.

Over the last two seasons, the defensive midfielder played 52 matches for Groningen, contributing 11 goals and seven assists. Numbers that helped attract the attention of other clubs and could now result in a move to one of the leading sides in Dutch football.

among them Andrea Natali, from Bayer Leverkusen, Sam de Grand, from Lommel, Calvin Stengs, from Feyenoord, Abdelnour Soualhia, from Le Puy, and Jari De Busser, from Go Ahead Eagles.

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