Goalkeeper Bento, from Athletico-PR, enters the sights of the European giant

After starting yet another great season, Benedictgoalkeeper of Athletico-PR, enters the sights of European clubs, but Portuguese giant seems to lead the fight. O Benfica is keeping an eye on the Brazilian, according to information from the newspaper “record”, which included that his market value is around 7 million euros, about R$ 36.8 million at the current exchange rate.

Also according to the Portuguese newspaper, Bento is an old interest of Benfica, who has been monitoring the goalkeeper’s situation for some time. However, in these last few weeks, the first contacts were made and negotiations seem to be getting closer. Currently, the team owner is Odysseas Vlachodimos.

According to the ‘GE‘, the Hurricane board has denied contacting Benfica so far. However, the club from Paraná understands that the demand for proposals for the archer will have a considerable increase in this transfer window, mainly dealing with European clubs. Bento has a contract with Athletico until the end of 2026.

Athletico understands that the negotiation would be beneficial for the club if it established itself as the biggest sale of someone in the position in Brazilian football. So far, the main negotiation has been to alissonwhen you changed the International for the Pomegranate, for the amount of 5 million euros, around R$ 21 million at the time. The goalkeeper’s termination fine for European clubs is 60 million euros.

Despite the high value of the transfer fine, Bento’s possible negotiation should take place at lower standards. However, the 24-year-old archer has everything to become the most expensive position sale in Brazilian football, but negotiations seem not to have actually started.