Rui Costa reveals fresh details on Bruno Lage's Benfica exit | OneFootball

Rui Costa - who made revelations about the sale of João Neves - praised Bruno Lage for the stance he took upon leaving Benfica. In his first interview as a candidate, the leader of the "encarnados" explained the reasons for the coach's dismissal, stating that the conditions were not right for him to continue leading the team.

“My meeting with Bruno Lage happened after the game. It was a very smooth and very human conversation. Two people who have the relationship they have, with a coach on one side and the President on the other. Bruno inevitably had concerns about the electoral issue,” Rui Costa began to explain.

“There was a conversation in which there was no agreement, no paperwork. A frank conversation that resulted in what it did, continuing to work to win. There was a conversation at the end of the season to prepare for the next one, and he had that concern,” Rui Costa continued.

“The last time I spoke with Bruno Lage was this week when he went to Estádio da Luz to terminate the contract. Did he give up a lot of money? He gave up the contract he had until the end of the season, wanting to receive only up to the day he was in charge of the team. Showing the great human quality he has,” stated Rui Costa.

“The relationship with Bruno Lage is excellent, it's between two friends who had to separate professionally. On one side is a President, and on the other, the coach,” Rui Costa concluded, explaining the entire process that culminated in the coach's departure from Clube da Luz, following the defeat to Qarabag.

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