Benfica in Basel for friendly tomorrow

Benfica have departed England after spending the past week of their pre-season at St. George's Park and have arrived in Basel, Switzerland. Benfica are set for their second friendly tomorrow against the Swiss club after opening their pre-season with a 2-0 win over Southampton earlier this week.

Benfica are expecting 20,000 supporters to be in the stands at St. Jakob Park as they face Basel for the first time in Switzerland since an embarrassing 5-0 thrashing during the 2017/18 Champions League group stage when Rui Vitoria was at the helm.

 

Benfica being linked to another left back, this time from Spain

Benfica are being linked to another left back just twenty four hours after acquiring David Jurasek for the position with reports out of Spain's Estadio Deportivo reporting that the club has interest in 23 year old Betis left back Juan Miranda.

Miranda appeared in 31 games across all competitions last season for Betis, scoring three goals while setting up five. Miranda came up through both Real Betis' and Barcelona's youth systems and has competed through out Spain's youth squads, a member of both the nations U19 and U17 Euro champions.

Miranda who had one year left on his contract with Betis is said to be valued at around €10M with AC Milan also having their eyes on the player.

Benfica move pre-season training to England

Benfica have taken their pre-season camp to England as they get set to take on Southampton in a friendly on Wednesday, the club has taken 31 players to England with the club only set to return on Saturday. Angel Di Maria, Nico Otamendi and newly acquired right back David Jurasek joining the team later on in the trip with club President Rui Costa.

The 31 players in England are:

Keepers: Vlachodimos, Samuel Soares, Leo Kokubo, Andre Gomes and Marcel

Defenders: Alexander Bah, Luca Verissimo, Joao Victor, Mihailo Ristic, Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva, Rafael Rodrigues, Morato

Midfielders: David Neres, Kokcu, Joao Mario, Paulo Bernardo, Joao Neves, Florentino, Martim Neto, Tiago Dantas, Chiquinho, Meite, Fredrik Aursnes

Forwards: Goncalo Ramos, Rafa Silva, Casper Tengstedt, Andreas Schjelderup, Henrique Araujo, Petar Musa, Tiago Gouveia