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Mohamed Amoura will not be a Benfica player this summer. The Eagles had the Algerian international as one of their priority targets in the transfer window, but they have already given up on the deal and moved on to other solutions that do not require such a high financial effort.

Mohamed Amoura was a name that greatly appealed to the Benfica officials, not only for fulfilling the need for a creative player in the squad, but also because the Algerian can play in all attacking positions, a valuable asset appreciated by Bruno Lage.

However, Benfica has reportedly left the negotiating table, according to the newspaper Record. Wolfsburg, the club where Mohamed Amoura plays, did not lower their demands to release the player, a decisive factor for the Eagles to abandon the deal, as they did not want to exceed the 30 million euro mark to secure the Algerian international.

The player was excited about moving to Portugal and strengthening Benfica, but even that did not convince the German officials to lower Mohamed Amoura's price, who is thus expected to continue in the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, the Eagles have already secured the signing of Sodakov from Shakhtar Donetsk.

Despite the collapse of the Mohamed Amoura deal, Benfica can still bring more reinforcements to Luz before the market closes - and the last 72 hours before the transfer window closes promise to be hectic. For now, the Eagles seem focused on closing Carlos Álvarez, a player from Levante.

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