Mexico legend recalls low-key Benfica spell, cites off-pitch issues... | OneFootball

Kikin Fonseca is a name that Benfica Benfica fans know well. Twenty years after his spell at the Club of Light, the former Mexico international — who spoke about the national team — looked back on his experience wearing the sacred shirt of the red-and-whites.

"I don’t know if it was 400 thousand euros, but it was something like that. I found it strange and told him I wasn’t going to pay anything, to which he replied: ‘I know Fernando Santos [Benfica’s coach at the time] very well and, if you don’t give me that money... I don’t know what might happen’," Kikin Fonseca began by telling Record newspaper about a strange episode he experienced.

"They brought me from Mexico, insisted that I come, and I even had other offers from Europe, but they didn’t give me minutes and, eight months later, I was no longer in their plans. I believe there were off-field situations that pressured me not to continue," the former footballer admitted.

"He is someone who loves this club. The decisions he made were always for the good of the institution, even if some of them did not work out well. I hope better times will come," recalled the Mexico international, speaking about Rui Costa, with whom he shared the dressing room at Luz.

"Especially in the Champions League, but sometimes also in the league. They are fighting for the title, but it is a very demanding club. It is like the big teams in Mexico and around the world, if you win and win big, everything is fine, but when that doesn’t happen and you are not champions, the fans are not happy... it’s difficult," said Kikin Fonseca.

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