Marco Silva decides who he'll work with in Benfica pre-season | OneFootball

Benfica return to training on June 25, at a time when several players from the first-team squad will still be competing in the World Cup for their respective national teams. Because of this complication, Marco Silva has already defined the group of players who will work with the coach at Seixal.

The list of players that Marco Silva wants to assess in pre-season will be finalized this week. The Eagles’ new coach is deciding which academy players he wants to take a closer look at when training begins and will announce it in the coming days.

The plan is to make the most of homegrown talent. The former Fulham manager sees potential at Seixal and now wants to determine who may be ready to join the first team’s training sessions, with some of them potentially getting minutes in the first official matches.

Anísio Cabral and Daniel Banjaqui, Under-17 World Cup winners who already have experience with the first team, are expected to be part of the pre-season group. Other names such as João Fonseca, Mauro Furtado, João Veloso, Rafael Quintas and Jaden Umeh are also expected to be given opportunities.

Pre-season therefore promises to be decisive in determining who could make Benfica’s final squad. It is worth remembering that Benfica will find out their opponent for the second Europa League qualifying round this Wednesday, June 17.

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