Benfica stay quiet, but midfielder signs new deal with €100m release clause | OneFootball

João Rego recently extended his contract with Benfica until the end of the 2029/30 season. The new contract, signed in February, includes a release clause set at 100 million euros. Although the Clube da Luz has not made an official announcement about the renewal, the confirmation appeared in the SAD's Report and Accounts for the first half of the 2025/26 season.

The 'jersey 84' now joins the group of players in the squad protected by a similar release clause. Among them are names like Anatoliy Trubin, António Silva, Richard Ríos, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis, and Gianluca Prestianni.

Trained at the Seixal training center, where he arrived in 2018 from Ourique, his hometown, João Rego has been building his career in the youth ranks. He made his debut for the first team on May 12, 2024, when he was brought on by Roger Schmidt in the match against Arouca, which ended in a resounding 5-0 victory.

Nevertheless, João Rego's future is unlikely to be with Benfica. As our Journal exclusively reported, Rui Costa intends for the footballer to be loaned out in the 2026/27 season, with the aim of observing the athlete in a first league team.

This season, wearing the Benfica jersey, João Rego — valued at 3 million euros — played a total of 22 games: eight in Liga Portugal Betclic, eight in Liga Portugal Meu Super, three in the Portuguese Cup, two in the Champions League, and one in the League Cup. In the 826 minutes he was on the pitch, he scored two goals.

João Rego's goal for the B team:

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