Tiago Gouveia on staying at Benfica: Nice must speak to Benfica | OneFootball

After a season without the desired minutes at Nice, Tiago Gouveia is preparing a return and wants to convince José Mourinho to secure a permanent place in the first team of the Eagles club, should Nice not trigger the purchase option, which is a decision for the French club.

"My goal, at this moment, is to reach the end of the season with safety assured and to win the Coupe de France. If Nice want to trigger the purchase option, they will have to speak with Benfica and, afterwards, with me. If they do not trigger the clause, I have a contract with Benfica until 2028, so I will gladly return", he began by saying, in an exclusive interview with the newspaper Record.

The 24-year-old player says he does not see any pre-season as a lost cause. "It would never cross my mind to treat a pre-season at Benfica as a lost cause. I’m not the type to throw in the towel or think: "I’m going there, but I already know they don’t want me". I can’t be like that at any club, let alone at Benfica", he said.

Tiago Gouveia says he wants to do everything possible to impress José Mourinho - who does not intend to continue with Nicolás Otamendi - in order to earn his place and get minutes. "I will return with the goal of showing my qualities to coach José Mourinho and I will face pre-season head-on", he concluded.

This season, in Nice’s service, Tiago Gouveia - valued at 4 million euros - has already made 24 official appearances: 15 in Ligue 1, seven in the Europa League and two in the Coupe de France. .

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