Richard Ríos no longer trains with Benfica, all the details of his exit | OneFootball

will leave Benfica in this transfer window. Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad are very close to securing the footballer on loan, joining the club led by Domingos Soares de Oliveira, the former CEO of the Club of Light.

According to Record, Benfica and Al Ittihad exchanged all the paperwork during the early hours of Tuesday morning and everything is now agreed for the Colombian midfielder to be loaned out, with no option to buy, until the end of the season — a paid loan that will allow the Eagles to pocket 3 million euros.

According to the same source, Richard Ríos is no longer part of Marco Silva’s training session this Wednesday and will travel to Arabia later today. The Colombian midfielder failed to win a place in Marco Silva’s starting eleven and did not feature in the last two matches (Aarhus and Estoril).

In contractual terms, it should be noted that Al Ittihad will also take on the Colombian’s wages, relieving Benfica’s SAD of that burden. The footballer’s salary, with the move, will be considerably higher. After some initial resistance, Ríos has also finally said “yes” to the Saudi project.

Signed from Palmeiras last summer for 27 million euros, Ríos temporarily leaves the Luz after a debut season in which he made 45 appearances, scored eight goals and provided six assists. This season, however, he has fallen down the pecking order in Marco Silva’s plans.

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