Benfica keeper Mile Svilar who has been rumoured all summer with a loan move back to his homeland of Belgium, appeared in action with Benfica's B side during the opening weekend of the Portuguese second division. Svilar was the starter in the B sides 2-1 victory over Estoril to start off their campaign. It is unclear where Svilar will end up this season but a spot on the main squad looks to be highly unlikely barring an injury.
Benfica have announced the signing of 20 year old midfielder/forward Nuno Santos to a contract extension until 2024 with an €88M buy out clause. Santos who is the captain of Benfica's B squad in the second division, joined the club during the 2013/14 season from Boavista and trained with the main squad over the preseason. Santos scored 13 times last season in 41 games across all competitions and is one of those Benfica youngsters who is currently on the cusp of joining the main squad during the season.
According to the agent of Peruvian International Miguel Araujo, Benfica have been in conversations with the 24 year old's club Alianza Lima to acquire the central defenders services for this season. Benfica have been linked to Araujo in the past as the Lisbon side looked to acquire his services a couple of years back but failed to come to an agreement then. Araujo spent last season on loan with Argentinian side Talleres and would like a move to Europe this summer with a couple of other European squads also being linked for his services. There is no report at this time of what it would cost Benfica to acquire Araujo but the speculation is that his agent is looking to drive the price up by releasing information to media.
