Boca Juniors activate buy out clause for Lisandro

According to reports coming out of Argentina's El Dia newspaper, Boca Juniors have exercised the buy out clause option to acquire defender Lisandro Lopez and make his loan move permanent from Benfica. Benfica will pocket €3M from the sale of the 30 year old who was loaned to Boca in January of this year and who's buy out clause was set to expire at year end. Lisandro joined Benfica in the summer of 2013 and appeared in 54 games across all competitions, scoring six goals and adding three helpers. He won eight trophies in his time with the club which included three league championships.

Benfica announce squad for Tondela encounter

Benfica return to action today in the Portuguese League away against Tondela after spending close to a month without a league game due to international break and Taca games taking place since their last league game. The game will take place at 4pm WEST and 18 players from the list below will dress for the game.

Keepers- Vlachodimos, Ivan Zlobin, Fabio Duarte

Defenders- Ferro, Alex Grimaldo, Jardel, Tomas Tavares, Andre Almeida, Ruben Dias

Midfielders- Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Gedson Fernandes, Gabriel, Florentino, Taarabt, Caio Lucas, Chiquinho

Forwards- Seferovic, Jota, Carlos Vinicius

Benfica watching LA Galaxy winger and Mexican International

Benfica have been linked with Mexican winger and current LA Galaxy player Uriel Antuna according to reports coming from America. Antuna who can play on both wings but prefers the right side of the pitch, has spent the season on loan with the Galaxy from Manchester City. Antuna's MLS season is now over after the Galaxy were eliminated earlier this week from the playoffs and his loan spell with the Galaxy officially ends on December 31. This would open up the 22 year old to a move when the transfer window opens in January. Antuna appeared in 31 games for the Galaxy this season, scoring six goals while setting up another six and was acquired by Man City from Mexican club Santos Laguna back in the summer of 2017 but has yet to appear for the English side. Benfica is interested in shoring up the right side of their attack so this move for the talented Antuna make a lot of sense.