Benfica working on deal with Besiktas for Seferovic

Benfica striker Haris Seferovic is on his last legs at the club as the Lisbon squad continue their talks with Turkish side Besiktas on a permanent move for the Swiss international this summer. Benfica are said to be looking for €8M to move on from the 30 year old who has been a member of the club since coming over on a free transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2017.

Seferovic and Besiktas have come to an agreement on personal terms but the two clubs have yet to finalize the deal between themselves. Seferovic has appeared in 188 across all competitions for Benfica, scoring 74 goals while setting up an additional 24. Seferovic won the league's golden boot during the 2018/19 season when he scored 23 goals while partnering up alongside the clubs former attacker Joao Felix.

Pizzi return to Benfica to be short lived

Long time Benfica midfielder Pizzi is set to open training with Benfica in Seixal as players begin to arrive at camp for medicals this weekend but his stay at the club looks to be short lived as the veteran 32 year old is not in the plans of incoming manager Roger Schmidt and is already being linked with a move to Greek champions Olympiacos this season.

Pizzi spent the second half of last season in Turkey with Basaksehir after falling out of favour at the club but he has appeared in 327 games for the Lisbon side across all competitions, scoring 94 goals while setting up an additional 95. Pizzi remains under contract with Benfica until the summer of 2023 were his remarkable career at the club will come to an end.

Benfica set to open camp on the weekend

Benfica are ready to get their preparations for the 2022/23 season under way this upcoming weekend as the technical team arrives tomorrow while players will start to arrive on the weekend for their medicals and physical tests. Benfica will train for about two weeks before kicking off their pre-season with a game against Reading on July 9.

Benfica will then have additional friendlies against Nice (July 15), Fulham (July 17), Athletic Bilbao (July 22) and Newcastle (July 26). Benfica's third qualifying round opponent in the Champions League will be known when UEFA complete their draw on July 18, dates of the two leg encounter will be released at the time of the draw.