Luís Filipe Vieira and a negotiation that took a while: «It hurt my tail to be sitting there already» – Benfica

Luís Filipe Vieira lived moments with different emotions on Benfica’s journey to the fourth championship. Jonas was one of the players who helped the eagles achieve this unprecedented achievement in the history of the club and the president of the eagles remembered the day he recruited the Brazilian international.

“In a hotel in Lapa we had the first meeting, you must remember that it was there that we met. After a year, I just thought about how it was possible to come here without cost, a player like this. He went to Lapa and took him, his Brother is very annoying to negotiate (laughs) First of all, when I came to an agreement … it hurt my ass to be sitting there so long, man! It was all afternoon to reach an agreement, there was always one more thing. The shirt is red, it would not change, “joked the eagle leader in statements to the club channel.

Thanks from Jonas

Jonas lined up with an eagle on his chest between 2014 and 2019 and took the opportunity to thank Luís Filipe Vieira.

“In all these periods that I was at Benfica, the president was always close to me, close, like a father to us. We know that playing at Benfica is not easy, there is a lot of pressure and the president was the first to leave. There was some episodes that also helped me define. I remember when I thought about renewing or not, there were some periods when I had injuries, I also had negative thoughts about the return. Sometimes there were some more economically advantageous proposals. Then the president sat down with me and I said I was calm, at Benfica it would be the best path I would have. It helped me a lot with my family. It was worth following his advice. Today I am proud to be in the history of the club, “stressed ‘Pistolas’ who said goodbye to the pitch in 2019 with the title of national champion.