City manager on Rúben Dias: “We managed to negotiate with Benfica for a lower price” – England

Omar Berrrada, Manchester City manager, told The Athletic that citizens had been following Rúben Dias for a long time and that they had not gone ahead before due to the high value the player had in the termination clause of his contract. For this reason, he is pleased that the club has managed to “negotiate with Benfica for a significantly lower amount.”

“Rúben Dias has been on our list for a long time. We follow their evolution in previous seasons – and the release clause, which I think was around 88 million euros. This year we managed to negotiate with Benfica for a significantly lower amount and the fact that they are interested in Otamendi also helped ”, said Berrada. “I don’t think we have paid too much,” he explains, when faced with the market value of the Portuguese international. “We examined several candidates, the main centers in Europe, and he had the best evaluation of all if we consider his age, experience, talent and potential. It was by far our number one goal. There were other players with more high market values. . ”