Diego Reyes: “Benfica came calling, but Porto offered more” | OneFootball

Diego Reyes, former center-back of FC Porto, aged 32, has started a new chapter in Mexican football by signing with Querétaro. In an interview with RePortero, the defender revealed that both FC Porto and Benfica showed interest in signing him after the 2012 London Olympic Games, where he won a gold medal with the Mexican national team.

"After the Olympics, when we played that great tournament, that's when they started showing interest in me. My agent told me there was a formal offer from both teams. First it was Benfica, and then I think, because they have such a strong rivalry, Porto got involved," he recounted.

"They made a better offer than Benfica, and in the end we decided to go to Porto." Signed from Club América for 7 million euros, plus an additional 2 million in charges, Reyes experienced alternating moments with the dragons. Between 2013 and 2015, before being loaned to Real Sociedad, he played in 23 matches for the main team and 25 for the B team.

In the 2017/18 season, he returned to FC Porto in the first year of Sérgio Conceição, after being loaned to Espanyol, becoming a champion by participating in 24 matches and scoring three goals. In 2018/19, he ended his connection with the club and moved to Fenerbahçe on a free transfer.

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