Heads up! Benfica signing misses St Gallen clash | OneFootball

Benfica will face St. Gallen in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League. The Swiss side will be the Eagles’ first obstacle in their European campaign for the new season, with the first leg scheduled for July 23. However, Marco Silva has one absentee.

. The young Brazilian will not be in the new Eagles coach’s plans.

The Brazilian centre-back, one of the club’s signings for the season, brought in from Athletic MG for €4 million, has been working with Benfica since June 25, but he can only play official matches once he turns 18 (on the 26th), which will allow his professional link with the Reds to be formalized.

The club has always had the authorization of Gabriel Índio’s parents, to which it added special authorization requested from FIFA so that he could work with the player from the outset, but the Brazilian will have to wait for the second leg, in Lisbon, on July 30. By then, he will already have been officially registered by the Eagles.

It is worth noting that without Gabriel Índio, Marco Silva, Benfica’s coach, will have at his disposal for St. Gallen the centre-backs António Silva, who is expected to play before moving to Bournemouth, new signing Clément Lenglet and academy product Rui Silva.

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