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Benfica coach Jorge Jesus believes it will be very difficult to sign Rúben Semedo from Olympiakos.
«It was a priority for Benfica. First of all, because he is Portuguese and facilitated the UEFA registration due to the limit of foreign players. Second, an important factor, because you have already worked with me. So his quality as a player, now he’s much more of a player. He is in the selection and I have no doubt that, in the future, he and Rúben Dias will be the (central) of the selection, “he said at a press conference.
Asked if he has any hope of signing the former Sporting center-back: “I don’t have much hope. Olympiakos realized that we were very interested and wanted to put all the chips on the table. And Benfica don’t have the chips they want. The player wants to come to Portugal, he wants to play for Benfica and work with me, but I don’t know if he will succeed ”.
On whether there were guarantees from Benfica’s management regarding the market: «We have no guarantee. Everyone knows that we were looking for a plant with the characteristics that we consider important, that is what we wanted. Besides Darwin, she wanted another forward with characteristics that could benefit the team. It’s not supposed to appear. It is not a priority, it would only be if the forward with the characteristics he wanted and that Benfica had not appeared on the market. If not, we will go with the players we have, I am satisfied with the squad ».
