Domingos Soares de Oliveira acknowledges it is not ‘impossible’ for Benfica to buy a club abroad – Benfica

Domingos Soares de Oliveira, co-CEO of SAD do Benfica, was present at the panel that addressed the issue of the change in football governance at Thinking Football which takes place in Porto, speculated that the Luz club should start to reverse course abroad as a strategy that aims to ensure the future of the club and its consolidation in Europe.

“What we think of Benfica in terms of betting abroad as a strategy is because we see Portugal as a market where we’ve already explored almost everything. We have to go abroad, that’s a certainty and I’ve been saying this for a while now.” fifteen years. And going abroad means two things. One is if we can generate money outside Portugal and the second is if we can get access to talent outside Portugal. Whether we will do it through a partnership or by buying a club, which depends many things already, but this is definitely something Benfica need to consider in the near future,” summed up Domingos Soares de Oliveira, thus concluding his speech:

But do you see Benfica buying a club abroad in the next five years? “I’d say it’s not impossible and that’s it…”