Andre Carrillo will become a permanent member of club Al-Hilal as the Saudi Arabian side gets set to acquire 70% of the players rights for €9.2M. Carrillo spent last season on loan with Al-Hilal where he appeared in 25 games across all competitions scoring four goals. Carrillo joined Benfica on a free transfer in the summer of 2016 from Sporting but has not appeared in a game with Benfica since May of 2017. Carrillo spent the 2017/18 season on loan at Watford before last seasons loan spell at Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal is said to be ready offer the Peruvian Carrillo a contract for four seasons.
Wolverhampton have been linked with Benfica defender Ruben Dias in the latest reports coming out of England. Dias has become one of the higher rated young central defenders in Europe and fits the mold of recent Wolves acquisitions, being young with a potential to increase in value. The clubs have started initial discussions about Dias who has a €66M release clause in his current contract and would join a squad that currently boasts six Portuguese players and a Portuguese manager. The 22 year old Dias is also a client of super agent Jorge Mendes who has brokered a number of deals in recent years with the Wolves. Benfica are said to be in no hurry to move on from Dias this season after their recent massive sale of forward Joao Felix.
Juventus are still in talks with Benfica when it comes to a move for Benfica right back Joao Ferreira, the youngster is said to be close to a move to Turin for €5M with Benfica retaining 50% of the players rights. Juventus are also talking to the Lisbon club about another made in Seixal youngster in 18 year old winger Tiago Araujo. Araujo who has come up through the ranks at Benfica, scored 16 goals last season in 31 appearances with Benfica's youth squad. No details have been disclosed at this time about what a move for Tiago Araujo would look like between the clubs.
