Vagiannidis nearly joined Benfica, chose Sporting instead, culprit clear | OneFootball

Benfica rejected Georgios Vagiannidis in the summer transfer market. According to Record newspaper, the right-back international for Greece, who would later become a reinforcement for Sporting, was offered to the reds, who refused such possibility, focusing on the signing of Amar Dedic.

"Georgios Vagiannidis was offered to Benfica at an early stage of the transfer window. However, the eagles' focus was elsewhere: Amar Dedic, who ended up being a reinforcement for the reds", reveals the sports daily, in the printed edition of this Wednesday, September 3, about the full-back.

The truth is that the decision of Benfica's football structure has, so far, proven to be correct. Amar Dedic has been one of the great figures of the start of the season for Bruno Lage's team, even considering the expulsion, due to accumulation of yellow cards, against Alverca, in the last round of Liga Portugal Betclic.

As far as numbers are concerned, Benfica paid a fee around 10 million euros for Amar Dedic. On the other hand, Sporting disbursed 12 million euros, plus 2 upon the achievement of objectives, to count on Georgios Vagiannidis, who was only officially announced at the beginning of August.

In the current season, with the Benfica shirt, Amar Dedic - valued at 12 million euros - played eight matches: four in the Champions League, three in Liga Portugal Betclic and another in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In the 674 minutes he was used, the full-back scored a goal (Alverca) and made an assist (Tondela).

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