Mourinho and Benfica make key Lukebakio decision | OneFootball

Dodi Lukebakio is ready to return to the first-team options. In this Glorioso 1904 Exclusive, our newspaper confirms that the 28-year-old Belgian international will return to the starting lineup on the right side for Benfica, by direct decision of José Mourinho.

Glorioso 1904 has learned from a source close to the process that the number 11 has now met all the conditions to return to the starting eleven for the Reds, four months after being sidelined due to an ankle injury that required surgery.

According to our newspaper, Mourinho believes that, in recent weeks, Gianluca Prestianni has not been at his best, both physically and mentally, following the controversy he has faced after accusations of racism. As for Lukebakio, as Glorioso 1904 exclusively reports, he is ready to join Benfica’s starting eleven.

However, as our newspaper had already reported, Lukebakio may not start right away against Arouca, since, according to the national press, the Belgian international, along with Nicolás Otamendi, Leandro Barreiro, and Georgiy Sudakov, are doubtful for the trip to Arouca’s ground.

This season, playing for Benfica, Dodi Lukebakio – valued at 20 million euros – has already played a total of 17 official matches: 10 in Liga Portugal Betclic, five in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, and one in the League Cup. In the 910 minutes he has spent on the pitch, the Belgian has recorded one goal and three assists.

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