Reinier finds a way out

Reinier Jesús made a strong bet when he chose Borussia Dortmund to shape his football development. The agreement between Madrid and the borussia it was for two years, as a loan, but the roadmap is far from following the desired lines. If last year had hardly any chances, the pattern has not changed in the present. AS already reported that the player’s environment took for granted that the loan would be broken in January, something that seems to be close to being confirmed, with Benfica as his new destination.

According to the portal ‘torcedores.com’, Giuliano Bertolucci, the 19-year-old midfielder’s agent, is in talks with the Eagles, having maintained contact with Rui Costa, president of the entity, with the aim of putting an end to the ordeal lived by his representative in the Bundesliga. What’s more, there is a weight factor for the operation to crystallize, the presence of Jorge Jesús on the red bench, since he would be delighted to once again lead a Reinier who shone under his command at Flamengo in 2019 (he scored six goals and distributed two assists in 15 games), thus placing himself on the most important agendas of the soccer planet.

His landing at the Estádio da Luz would not come, of course, from the hand of the assured ownership, since I would have to compete for the minutes with João Mario, but they understand, adds the aforementioned medium, that it represents a market opportunity that they hope not to miss. At the moment, despite the positive tone of the conversations, there is one question to clear up to finally close the agreement: Reinier’s salary. And it is that, Benfica only wants to pay half of it, since they argue that they cannot afford the total amount since they are already in the middle of the season.

The position of Real Madrid

On the other hand, the other actor in the series, Real Madrid, would be willing to give the go-ahead to this change of course. In fact, always according to the information cited, they want to include a mandatory purchase clause of 20 million euros. This would make Reinier a new Benfica player from next season and would leave a deficit of ten million in the white coffers: He was signed in January 2020 in exchange for 30 million euros. In his first months in the Spanish capital, the pandemic stopped his progression with Castilla (he scored two goals and provided an assist in three games) and did not make his debut with the first team.

At the Signal Iduna Park, Reinier has never found the site. In 2020-21 he only played 19 games, in which he scored a goal and gave an assist. Neither Favre nor Terzic gave him the opportunity to show why he is one of the brightest pearls in Brazilian football, a lack of confidence that has multiplied with a Marco Rose who has only lined him up in five games, for a total of 62 minutes. Reinier opted for a loan to one of the powerful teams on the continent. Two years later, his salvation could be in another leading team, in the Benfica of his great supporter, Jorge Jesús.