After breaking up the negotiations that he had been holding for several weeks with Edinson
Cavani, currently without a team after ending his contract with the PSG, he Benfica He is still looking for a striker to strengthen his attacking line for next season.
The first name on the Lisbon team's agenda is that of Mariano
Diaz, forward of Real
Madrid. Last week both clubs reached an agreement for the loan of the Dominican footballer with a purchase option of 20 million euros.
A decision that did not like Mariano and his environment, as was latent with the statements of one of his agents to the Portuguese newspaper ‘OR
Jogo’:“ There is nothing new in relation to the departure of Mariano from Madrid. Agreement? Nobody from Benfica has spoken with the player and me yet. If they want to continue with a negotiation, there has to be a conversation and that has not happened. If there is an agreement between the clubs, it seems very strange to me because that is not how a player is convinced to go to another club ”, expressed an annoyed David
Aranda.
Nobody from Benfica has spoken with the player and me yet
That is why the Benfica has Luis Suárez in his sights as plan 'B' a Mariano. The young Colombian forward, owned by Watford English, shone this last season on loan in the ranks of the Saragossa, a team with which he managed to score 19 goals and distribute six assists in the 38 games of The league
Smartbank who disputed.
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