“If there is a club in the world that should thank Atlético de Madrid, it is SL Benfica,” they write in Spain – O Jornal Económico



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The Spanish sports newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” addressed this Thursday the Report and Accounts for the 2019/20 season and where it seems that the sale of João Félix to Atlético de Madrid was fundamental for the accounts of Benfica SAD.

Benfica SAD presented this Wednesday a profit of 41.7 million euros for the 2019/20 season, which is the second highest net result in the club’s history, according to the Report and Accounts presented to the CMVM. The profit obtained is the second highest in the history of the Benfica professional football manager, only surpassed by the 44.5 million euros registered in 2016/17.

“Mundo Deportivo” writes that “if there is a club in the world that should thank Atlético de Madrid, it is SL Benfica” and justifies: “The Lisbon team is delighted to do business with the ‘colchoneros’. It is the club that has raised the most money throughout its history from football player passes transferred to Atlético ”.

“Mundo Deportivo” made the calculations of Atlético de Madrid’s purchases from SL Benfica and concluded that “the total value is already close to 200 million euros in various operations: João Félix, Nico Gaitán, Jan Oblak, Roberto, Hugo Leal ”. Regarding the accounts presented by Benfica SAD this Wednesday, this Spanish sports newspaper highlights that “Atlético de Madrid is one of the main responsible for the fact that SL Benfica has registered the second best financial year in its history. And if it weren’t for the coronavirus crisis, the ‘eagles’ could have beaten their best monetary campaign “.

The transfer of João Félix to Atlético de Madrid contributed decisively to income from transactions of rights of athletes, an amount that corresponded to 145.2 million euros, an increase of 58.9% compared to 91.4 million euros earned in the period
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