Valentino Lázaro has been interested in Benfica for a long time, but the reds will only advance towards hiring the 25-year-old Austrian if someone comes out on the right side of the defense. With six days to go before the end of the market, that possibility seems remote. Benfica has Gilberto, Diogo Gonçalves and André Almeida, as well as João Ferreira and Tomás Tavares. Not forgetting Nemanja Radonjic, capable of making the right flank in 3x4x3 if Jorge Jesus decides to do so.
Yesterday, news emerged in Italy that reported an agreement between Benfica and Inter to hire the right-back – two years of loan with a mandatory purchase of the pass for €8 million. Incarnate source denied, A BOLA, this business possibility.
Relations between Inter and Benfica are healthy, especially after João Mário’s deal, and the eagles remain attentive to the situation of the Austrian international. Hiring Lázaro, however, would always require a reduction in the salary of the Inter player. Lázaro receives €2.1 million clean per season, above what Benfica understands it should pay, even more in a season when the payroll decreases.
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