Benfica have had an offer for 19 year old winger Brian Rodriguez rejected by Uruguayan club Penarol, who felt that Benfica's offer was too low to consider. Benfica are currently talking to Penarol about Cristian Lema making a move from the Lisbon club to Uruguay and are hoping that a deal for Rodriguez could be added to the negotiations. Rodriguez in his first year with the main squad appeared in nine league games, scoring once and assisting on four goals.
Benfica have announced the signing of winger Caio Lucas who will join the club this season from Al-Ain FC on a free transfer. Lucas has signed a contract with Benfica until the summer of 2023 with a buy out clause of €45M. Lucas appeared in 28 games for Al-Ain in all competitions last season scoring seven times while assisting on eleven goals. Lucas is Benfica's first official signing of the summer season as the club moves towards bolstering the squad as they look to defending their league championship.
Benfica have loaned youngster Diogo Goncalves away for another season, this time Goncalves will be joining newly promoted Famalicao for the season. Goncalves spent the 2018/19 season at Nottingham Forest were he appeared in only seven league games and played less then 210 minutes. Goncalves returned back to Benfica at seasons end when Nottingham declined to purchase the players buy out option that was set at €15M. Goncalves last appeared in a game for Benfica on February 17, 2018 against Boavista.
