Official: Georgiy Sudakov joins Benfica as new signing | OneFootball

After several weeks of advances and setbacks, the confirmation is here: Georgiy Sudakov, a day after arriving in Lisbon, was officially announced as a player for Benfica. Through the club's platforms, the reds revealed that the player will wear number 10, as well as the details of the deal with Shakhtar Donetsk.

In the statement that Benfica shared on the official website and that was also sent to the CMVM, it explained that the Ukrainian international arrives at Luz on loan: “Sport Lisboa and Benfica - Football, SAD informs that it has reached an agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk for the loan of player Heorhii Sudakov for the 2025/26 sports season, for an amount of € 6,750,000 (six million seven hundred and fifty thousand euros).

However, immediately afterwards, the reds reveal that they have agreed, with the Ukrainian emblem, that they will keep the athlete permanently at the end of this season: “The aforementioned agreement includes a mandatory clause for the exercise of the transfer of the player's sports rights, from the 2026/27 season, for an amount of € 20,250,000 (twenty million two hundred and fifty thousand euros)”.

Finally, confirming what the press had already advanced in recent days, the deal between the two parties can exceed the barrier of 32M€: “It stipulates a variable remuneration associated with individual and collective objectives, in the maximum amount of € 5,000,000 (five million euros). Thus, the total value of the transfer could reach the amount of € 25,250,000 (twenty-five million two hundred and fifty thousand euros)”.

In the current season, Georgiy Sudakov - valued at 32 million euros - has, so far, played 10 matches: five in the Europa League qualification phase, three in the National Championship and two in the Conference League preliminaries. In the 763 minutes he was on the field, the midfielder made two assists.

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