Journalist's advice to Rui Costa and Benfica: no duplicate signings | OneFootball

Benfica already knows which positions it needs to strengthen and has already defined its transfer policy. Rui Costa and Marco Silva will work together, but José Manuel Delgado advises the Eagles to avoid the mistakes of the past, such as failed player signings.

"Benfica needs to learn from the mistakes made and, within the available budget, must give Marco Silva the players he believes are necessary to carry out his project. The club from Luz cannot buy duplicate stickers just because they seem like good market opportunities, nor take shots in the dark — which usually end up hitting its own foot — in key positions in the team", he wrote in his column for the newspaper 'A Bola'.

In the same text, the journalist highlights the little time the new coach will have to prepare for the new season. "Marco Silva needs to know who he can count on and who he cannot, in order to lay the foundations of the team he wants to build, in a particularly difficult context, not least because of the earlier-than-expected start", he analyzed.

José Manuel Delgado recalls that Rui Costa will have to face the wrath of the supporters at the upcoming general assemblies. "Marco Silva, by June 25, needs to have the group he will work with already fairly well structured; Rui Costa, who has to face two General Assemblies (GAs) two days later, also needs to come face-to-face with the members armed with concrete and reliable arguments that contradict the image of indecision that the internal opposition has painted of him", it can be read.

To conclude, the journalist gave an overall summary of his column. "Benfica’s squad needs to be rebuilt, in record time, so that it can regain the coherence it lost a few years ago. That is Marco Silva’s challenge; that is Rui Costa’s duty", he concluded.

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