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| Friday, 26 June 2009 17:49 |
Javier Saviola agrees to Benfica switch
Clubs confirm done dealBenfica and Real Madrid have reached an agreement which will see striker Javier Saviola move to the Lisbon giants for 5m euros. The Spanish club's director of football, Jorge Valdano, did admit to the Portuguese daily ABola that the two sides only have the smallest of details to sort out on a permanent deal and added that he does not see anything standing in the way of the Argentinean ace making the move to the Eagles. "Everything is well on their way. The negotiations will be finalised either today or tomorrow. We are negotiating a definitive transfer," stated Valdano. The 27-year-old striker will put pen to paper on a three-year deal, plus an option, and is expected to re-establish a formidable attack with former River Plate team mate Pablo Aimar, as well as Angel Di Maria and Oscar Cardozo. Benfica have also issued out a statement on the Portuguese stock market (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) confirming the transaction. Saviola is expecetd to be unveiled to the club's supporters shortly. by Marco Pereira
Comments (10)
lol @ benfica fans
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 07:09
nick
this is hilarious...one of you actually said "this gives us one of the most fearsome attacks in all of europe" lol typical benfica preseason...one signing and the league is already won...idk about anyone else but i rather have eto,henry,messi than cardozo,saviola,gomes lol but hey this is benfica you guys have this belief that you are the best in the world
saviola is crap
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 01:07
lex s
another garbage move by a team that cant stay in european competition for longer than 2 weeks. VIVA BRAGA!
saviola the next miccoli
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 00:51
benficamad
#3 reyes salary is to expensive for benfica thats why benfica dont want to spend 6.5 mil and saviola prob took a huge pay cut to come he is going to be a beast hopefully can be as succesfull as miccoli was
Saviola
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Friday, 26 June 2009 21:30
Fran - Lisbon
Great news.....I feel like my blow hole after a friday night.....He will score many goals with Cardozo
He is worth 5 Million, but...
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Friday, 26 June 2009 21:26
Steve / D.C.
I agree this is a good signing and well worth the money... but if Saviola is worth 5 million euros, the Nene is worth all of the 4.5 million Cagliari paid for him. Benfica should not have passed up Nene, the Portuguese Liga's top scorer last year. If they wanted a striker, they should have signed Nene for this money, that would have been a better move.
FANTASTIC!!!!
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Friday, 26 June 2009 20:26
Gary/Vancouver
This is awesome!!!!! I almost couldn't believe it when I saw it. For sure he'll bag a bunch oF goals for Benfica. This guy is world class, and for only 5 mill - now that's negotiating.
Great!!!
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Friday, 26 June 2009 19:52
Dan/USA
Wow what a signing...I can't believe Benfica has one of the top forwards in the world...Saviola has been a goal scoring machine in every team he played for...Thank God his out of La Liga because the things Barcelona and Real Madrid were doing to him weren't right...This guy deserves to play each week...He'll get a nice fresh start at Benfica
Not Impressed
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Friday, 26 June 2009 19:18
Dhazer, India
I'm not at all happy with the way things are going. Lets face it, why can Benfica splash our $6 for Reyes, while they are buying Saviola for $5. The ability between these to players are far out of range. Saviola have not played a major league football in years, not to consider how much he even scored. On the other hand, Reyes is there when Benfica was pushing for the top spot, from the beginning of the season straight through the end. I will have to say that Saviola will flop playing for Benfica. But things could be bad if Benfica loses Reyes for good.
Strikers...
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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:42
Mike... Hamilton
With Jesus being a huge fan of Cardozo and now Saviola, plus Marcel, and Nuno Gomes. This gives us one of the most fearsome attacks in all of europe. Seroiusly, Cardozo scores 15- 20 a year. Saviola is a major steal who can easily score 20-25 under the right system. Marcel 5-10. Gomes 5-8 goals. Great Depth!!
Saviola
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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:36
Fresh/Hamilton, Canada
Wow
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