Benfica are looking around for some value on young players around Europe and according to reports coming out of Portugal, they have inquired with Belgian side Gent about 20 year old striker Jonathan David. The Canadian player recently starred for his national team in the recent North American 2019 Gold Cup winning the golden boot of the tournament with six goals. Last season David scored 14 goals across all competitions for Gent in 43 appearances. Any signing by Benfica at this stage could cost Benfica around €12M to acquire him from Gent, David more then likely would join their B squad as he adapts to the Portuguese game.
Benfica continue their search for a keeper that will be able to battle with current number one Vladchodimos for starts between the posts. The latest reports from Portugal say that Benfica have spoken to RB Leipzig about their current starting netminder Peter Gulacsi but were not thrilled with the €22M asking price Leipzig are demanding. The Hungarian is 29 years old and this could be Leipzig's way of letting teams know that the prefer to keep their starting keeper instead of moving him this summer. Benfica are open to spending up to €10M on the keeper search and the lower the better for the Lisbon side.
Benfica are watching Partizan's 18 year old central defender Strahinja Pavlovic according to reports coming out of Portugal. Benfica are always open to adding and developing young talent, so this is not much of a surprise that they would be interested in a player who is considered one of the upcoming young talents in Serbian football. Pavlovic has represented Serbia as a member of the U19, U17 and U16 squads and it is also being reported that Partizan would be opened to departing with the player but have placed a €6M price tag on the player.
