Benfica make a pair of moves during transfer window

Benfica hit the winter transfer window running, locking up a pair of northern European youngsters in Casper Tengstedt and Andreas Schjelderup in the past 36 hours. Benfica first acquired 22 year old striker Tengstedt from Rosenborg for €7M, signing the Dane to a contract until the summer of 2028 with a €100M buy out clause.

Then Benfica made their move for the Danish's leagues leading scorer and 18 year old Norwegian winger Andreas Schjelderup from Nordsjaelland in which they paid €9M with a potential additional €5M in add ons. Schjelderup also signed a contract with the club until the summer of 2028, with a €100M buy out clause.

Benfica's moves are to add depth to a squad still competing for three trophies this year, the club will turn their attention to their midfield now before the window closes at the end of month across the majority of Europe.

Benfica ready for Taca game against Varzim

Benfica will face third division side Varzim in the Taca de Portugal's round of 16 tomorrow at Povoa de Varzim as they look to advance to the tournaments quarter-final stage. Benfica last won the Taca de Portugal during the 2016/17 campaign and last reached the competitions final in 2020/21. Benfica manager Roger Schmidt has said he plans to go in with the majority of his first team squad not taking Varzim lightly after they knocked out Sporting in the third round of the competition.

Diogo Goncalves departs Benfica for Copenhagen

Benfica said good-bye to long time winger Diogo Goncalves yesterday after the club sold the 25 year old to Danish side Copenhagen for a reported €2M with an additional €2M in performance add ons. Benfica will also receive 20% on any future sale of Goncalves who spent the majority of his career coming up through the clubs Seixal academy.

Goncalves appeared in 98 games across all competitions for the main squad, scoring three goals while setting up ten after becoming a regular member of the squad in the summer of 2020. Goncalves struggled for regular playing time this season under Roger Schmidt and should get the minutes he is looking at Copenhagen.