Schmidt is signed with Benfica until the summer of 2024 but the club is hoping to convince their skipper to sign a new deal with a higher buy out clause to keep Europe's bigger clubs at bay. Schmidt is preparing the club for their upcoming Taca da Liga game tomorrow against Moreirense as he looks to extend the unbeaten run to 28 games.
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Benfica's Portuguese international trio Goncalo Ramos, Antonio Silva and Joao Mario returned to Lisbon yesterday after their quarter-final exit at World Cup 2022 and will now be subject to an evaluation by the club, who will define a plan tailored to each of the players based on their usage at the tournament.
The trio combined for 326 minutes while at World Cup 2022 with Portugal, Ramos led the way in minutes played appearing in 152 while scoring a hat trick against Switzerland in the nations round of 16 game. Benfica's next game will be in League Cup action against Moreirense on Saturday and it is expected that the trio will not see any action.
Brooks has dropped down the clubs depth chart and sits as the sixth option behind, Nico Otamendi, Antonio Silva, Morato, Lucas Verissimo and Joao Victor. Brooks was signed on deadline day when Benfica had the latter three defenders injured and promoted a green Antonio Silva to the squad.
Brooks has appeared in five games for the club this season across all competitions, totaling 233 minutes of action.
