The message of Jorge Jesus on his arrival it was very clear: “Let's destroy!” The 66-year-old Portuguese coach was presented in Lisbon as a true Messiah. With him Benfica lived its last moments of excellence, with a double, three leagues and two painful Europa League runners-up. And after the resounding success of his passage through the Brazilian soccer in 2019 where he conquered the league, Copa Libertadores and Recopa Sudamericana, Jesus returned home on a mission to rescue his lifelong team from a deep crisis.
“I only left Flamengo because it was Benfica who called me. I have not come to earn more money. I have come because the President has convinced me that the project that we can carry out can make Benfica come back to be big and that he can recover the international prestige that this club had for so many years. “
For that, the president Luis Felipe Vieira promised him millions to invest in transfers. And Jesus has already identified his great objective: Cavani. According to the Portuguese and Uruguayan press, Benfica has offered him three years contract and eight million to the striker, who is without a team since he ended his contract this summer with PSG. Jorge Jesus loves you like big star of his new project, which has already tied two Brazilian youth.
The first is Pedrinho, 22-year-old Corinthians winger, signed for € 20M. The second is Éverton Cebolinha, 24-year-old Brazilian international, who was chosen the best footballer of the last Copa América with the canarinha. The negotiations between Benfica and Grêmio are very advanced and the extreme It should arrive for around € 25M.
Another objective of Jorge Jesus is to take to Lisbon two of those who were his big stars in his glorious year with the Flamengothe playmaker Bruno Henrique and the midfielder Gerson. The former, the former 29-year-old Wolfsburg footballer, was chosen as the best player of the 2019 Brasileirão and has a € 35M clause. Already the former midfielder of Rome, 23, costs more: € 60M. And the red-black he is not willing to drop a penny of this value because the new coach, Domènec Torrent, sees them as key pieces for your project.
Strengthen defense It is also a priority for Jesus, who already has advanced three negotiations. Gilberto, side of Fluminense, will arrive for € 6M. Leandro Cabrera, Espanyol, must cost from € 10 to € 15M. Robin Koch of Freiburg, can reach Lisbon with his partner, the striker Luca Waldschmidt, for € 25M.