João Victor leaves Corinthians and will defend Benfica’s colors this 2022/23 season; athlete will no longer play for Timão and will yield a millionaire amount to the club!
O benfica announced the hiring of john victorexCorinthiansthis Thursday, 7th. Rumors about a possible move by the defender to Portugal gained even more strength before the decisive match against Boca Juniorsfor the round of 16 of the Liberatorsand came to fruition two days after the heroic classification of the Victor Pereira in La Bombonera.
With the departure of João Victor to Benfica, Corinthians will receive around 44 million reais in the negotiation. Despite being the defender’s training club, Timão only owned 55% of the defender’s economic rights. Coimbra also had 25% of the rights and sold about 20% thinking about a future transaction of the athlete in Europe.
Channel – Athletistic
Corinthians holder since last season, João Victor gained prominence with Sylvinho and continued his good phase under the command of Vítor Pereira. At just 23 years old, the defender signed a five-season contract with Benfica and will stay in Portugal, at first, until the middle of 2027. The athlete made 70 matches for the club and did not reach the net for the team at Saint George Park.
✍️ Welcome, João Victor!
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— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) July 7, 2022
João Victor’s farewell at Corinthians!
O Corinthians guaranteed his qualification for the quarterfinals of Libertadores last Tuesday night, 5th, and soon went to rest. It was just over 1:30 am in Buenos Aires when the team bus arrived at the hotel and john victor was taken to a pickup truck with a different destination than the rest of the delegation: the International Airport.
Not yet official as the new player of the benficafrom Portugal, when he disembarked, João Victor was already scheduled to travel to Lisbon in the late afternoon of last Wednesday, 6th. Because of that, he was put on a private flight by his managers to return to São Paulo one day before the delegation of Corinthianswhich only disembarks in Brazil during this night.
Source: sportbuzz
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