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Benfica is very close to closing the signing of Salomé Prat to reinforce the women's team squad. As it has been found out, the 23-year-old player is one step away from becoming the latest player in Ivan Baptista's squad, after a season with good performances in 2024/25.

According to the newspaper A Bola, in this Friday's edition, August 22, negotiations between the Reds and Whites and Torreense's team, one of the sensation emblems of the last season, have already entered the final stretch, with only a few details left to be ironed out regarding the player's transfer to the Luz.

A 23-year-old French player, Prat arrived at the Oeste emblem from the United States of America, where she represented the Iowa State Cyclones. In the last season, with Torreense's jersey, the player played 30 official games, scoring six goals and making three assists.

However, it's worth remembering that one of the goals scored by the French player is from bad memory for Benfica's team, since Prat was one of the players who sealed the defeat of the inspirers in the Portuguese Cup final, where they lost the trophy, precisely to the current team of the 23-year-old winger.

Salomé is the solution found for Ivan Baptista's team, which is preparing for the Women's Super Cup. After the failed signing of Hayley Raso from Tottenham, Prat is preparing to be the fourth athlete to reinforce the national champions, after Ana Borges, Diana Silva, and Diana Gomes.

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