Rui Costa reassures Benfica fans over Conti case: no warnings were given | OneFootball

Rui Costa, from Benfica, found himself involved in a complicated legal situation due to a deal regarding Conti.

Rui Costa clarified all the details about the Conti case, a story that has been making headlines at Benfica. The club president attended the Portugal Football Globes ceremony, where he spoke to the media present and took the opportunity to detail the legal issue.

"I am very comfortable with this situation. The transfer was accepted in FIFA's TMS, the money was deposited into a Benfica bank account, and there were no alerts. It's a very simple matter to resolve. Benfica fans have nothing to worry about, just as I am not concerned," Rui Costa began by explaining.

The Benfica president continued: "One of the things I set out to do in my term was to put an end to everything that had been happening at Benfica; this has nothing to do with crime. Hundreds of companies and clubs are in the same situation. When we loaned the player to Russia, we didn't even charge any money."

He was then asked about the Benfica statement regarding the Conti case: "What is said in the statement is not about the transfer from Benfica to Lokomotiv, but rather from Lokomotiv to the other team. I was alerted by the transfer, but the whole process does not go through the president of Benfica."

"Of course I know that the transfers exist because it's our asset. There is a very simple explanation here: when we have a right of first refusal on the player, it's obvious that we have the right to an opinion about it," Rui Costa concluded, regarding the matter that has been dominating the news at Benfica.

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