Bernardo Ribeiro blasts Rui Costa over Jhon Durán deal: costly move | OneFootball

Benfica officially signed Jhon Durán for Marco Silva’s squad this Monday, July 20. The Colombian forward arrives on a loan deal valued at 6.1 million euros. Bernardo Ribeiro considers the signing expensive but necessary.

“It is a costly operation to pay 6 million euros for a player on loan. But if you want to bring in Jhon Durán, you have to loosen the purse strings,” he began by saying during a discussion on the program Record na Hora on the Now channel.

Looking at it from a more tactical perspective, the Record director believes the new striker is different from the others in the “No. 9” position. “I think Benfica is looking for a different type of player, one who has nothing to do with Pavlidis. Durán has a different style”, he analyzed.

To conclude, Bernardo Ribeiro once again stressed that the deal is expensive. “It’s a bit pricey, but Benfica has to add quality to its squad, and that is what it is looking for in these six million euros”, he concluded.

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