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Negotiating the sale of television rights and the naming of the Estádio da Luz are two concerns of Benfica's management. Nuno Catarino, administrator of the red SAD, gave an overview of the situation, ensuring that the structure is working on multiple cases - and that on the last day of the market a sale could have been made for more than 50M euros.

"We have two years to negotiate [from 2026 to 2028]. We have been negotiating on several fronts, we had different proposals and better than the current one. In addition, one of them more innovative. And what we decided is that the next administration should make this decision", he said.

"The one who makes the offer wants to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, but we are managing this risk. There are five weeks left until the elections. But I would say that we have a better solution than the previous one. I think it should be the first decision that the next administration should make", he added.

Regarding the name change, the SAD administrator admitted there is no progress: "It is as it was six months ago. We are discussing, these are processes that take time. It is necessary to understand that the Benfica District values the asset. The perspective is to do it, but in our view it has to be a brand that adds to the portfolio of Benfica brands. We have a predefined value that must happen".

The contract with Adidas is also about to end, but Benfica is looking for solutions: "These are points we are negotiating. This is one of the things that also needs to be closed. We can't imagine that now we sell 370 thousand shirts we don't have a better contract. The contract has been improved over the years and there is always the variable about shirts sold. But we are expecting a very significant contract improvement".

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