Tension at Benfica! Marco Silva is furious | OneFootball

Less than a week before the official start of the season, on the 23rd, with the first leg of the Europa League second qualifying round against St. Gallen, Marco Silva has still not received the players he asked for, and the coach is furious with Benfica’s hierarchy.

According to information from Correio da Manhã, when he arrived at Benfica, the coach knew he would initially be without several internationals who had been at the World Cup. However, in talks with Rui Costa and Mário Branco, he was promised that reinforcements would arrive before the start of the season, and so far the only arrivals have been Gabriel Índio, Clément Lenglet and Jakub Kaminski.

According to the same source, Marco Silva wants more proactivity and has personally involved himself in the deals for Ibrahima Ba and João Palhinha. But the Senegalese centre-back has been ruled out, and the midfielder is becoming an increasingly complicated negotiation.

Ibrahima was the priority for the heart of the defence, to fill the spot left by António Silva, who is on his way out. However, Strasbourg presented more attractive financial terms and has the transfer virtually wrapped up. As for João Palhinha, his signing has yet to be completed, and as time goes by it is becoming more complicated with other interested clubs entering the race, namely Juventus and, more recently, Aston Villa.

He had already shown his dissatisfaction after the defeat to Flamengo. "We really want to strengthen the team in positions where we clearly need it, and we will do so", he said. The coach will now wait for more reinforcements.

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