It started out as a rumour, but it’s on its way to becoming a reality very soon. Lionel Messi’s transfer to Al Hilal is close to taking place after, in recent days, as A BOLA found out, club and player have reached an agreement on the salary to be earned by the PSG striker who … Read more
This Friday, Pep Guardiola made a preview of Manchester City’s visit to Everton, on the 36th round of the Premier League, scheduled for 2 pm on Sunday, confessing that he did not understand the reason for Real Madrid, opponents in the Liga dos Champions and who plays on Saturday for La Liga, have one more … Read more
Edgardo Lasalvia, former agent of Darwin Núñez, recalled the separation with the Uruguayan striker from Liverpool, who passed through Benfica. “I didn’t get a chance to talk to Darwin. I found out when he came with six bodyguards and didn’t want to do interviews at the airport. I had sent a guy from the company … Read more
After Botafogo’s 3-0 victory over Corinthians, Botafogo left-back Marçal – who played for Torreense, Nacional and Benfica in Portugal, criticized the recurring betting scheme in Brazil and revealed he had already been approached by a fan through the social networks to manipulate results. «In my case, it was last year against Flamengo, when I received … Read more
Present at the launch of the book ‘We are all part – 10 years of opinion’, by Luciano Gonçalves, president of the Portuguese Association of Football Referees (APAF), Frederico Varandas fought for a «deep reform» in refereeing to avoid the referee conditioning. «As president of Sporting, I defend a truly independent refereeing class, and when … Read more
Nélson Veríssimo, without a club since leaving Estoril, was in Italy, where he met José Mourinho and other old acquaintances from Benfica at Roma’s training centre. «One of the greatest references in the history of Portuguese football was kind enough to open the doors of his training center to me and to receive me, in … Read more
The still director of Sporting’s communication, Miguel Braga (ceases duties at the end of the season), signs the editorial of the edition of the club’s newspaper, this Thursday, and leaves the president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Fernando Gomes, by the way of the Champions League final, lost by Sporting to Palma Futsal. ′′ We … Read more
More than an hour after opening its doors to the public, the autograph session of the women’s football team of Benfica, which took place in the club’s official store at Estádio da Luz, surpassed… the statue of Eusébio. It was a real bath crowd to greet, take pictures or ask for autographs to the recently … Read more
Francesco Acerbi, Inter’s centre-back, admitted that the absence of Rafael Leão was a heavy loss for Milan, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, which the nerazzurri won (2-0), even assuming that the Portuguese striker could be an «additional asset» for the Rossoneri if it is an option in the second … Read more
Benfica is «very interested» in signing Óliver Torres, a 28-year-old Spanish midfielder who played for FC Porto. The information was provided, this Wednesday, by journalist Bruno Alemany, from Chain BE, which states that the midfielder is a request from Roger Schmidt. He writes the same source that the operation is well under way, lacking the … Read more