Roger Fernandes could still join Benfica this summer | OneFootball

Roger Fernandes can still join Benfica in the current summer transfer window, but the Club da Luz needs the management of Sporting Clube de Braga to lower their demands to release the young winger who has been shining in the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Our Journal reveals, in this Exclusive Glorioso 1904, that the values requested by the Braga management are very high, compared to the valuation made by the red team. This is, to this day, the factor that prevents Benfica from bringing the player to the Club da Luz.

This is a dossier in which Benfica continues to work, at this moment, with the objective of convincing António Salvador, and the other Braga directors, to lower the price that is being asked for Roger Fernandes. If not, the most likely scenario is that the winger will spend, at least, one more season playing for the Braga team.

Benfica, in turn, is working on several fronts to bring an impactful winger to Bruno Lage's squad. The departure of Dí Maria, the likely deal for Akturkoglu, and the serious injury of Bruma, have left the Portuguese coach in need of game-changers. The eagles are closely watching Mohamed Amoura, but are leaving the door open for Roger Fernandes, in case Braga shows willingness to lower their demands, or to accept other forms of negotiation, such as the loan of a Benfica player.

In 2024/2025, wearing Braga's jersey, Roger Fernandes – valued at 22 million euros – played in 48 games: 28 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, 14 in the Europa League, four in the Taça de Portugal, and two in the Taça da Liga. In total, Benfica's new target recorded 3,019 minutes, scoring five goals and providing four assists.

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