{"id":140017,"date":"2024-01-17T09:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/benfica-release-statement-on-man-utds-interest-in-joao-neves\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T09:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T09:50:26","slug":"benfica-release-statement-on-man-utds-interest-in-joao-neves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/benfica-release-statement-on-man-utds-interest-in-joao-neves\/","title":{"rendered":"Benfica release statement on Man Utd\u2019s interest in Joao Neves \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Benfica have released a statement rejecting claims they have held talks with Manchester United over the sale of 19-year-old midfield sensation Joao Neves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neves has established himself as a key player for Benfica this season and his performances have caught the eye of a number of Europe\u2019s top sides, with Arsenal and Liverpool also\u00a0known to have scouted the teenager\u00a0alongside United.<\/p>\n<p>Portuguese outlet\u00a0<em>Correio da Manha<\/em>recentlyclaimed United had secured an advantage in the race to land Neves. The two clubs have been in talks and have agreed a deal for United left-back Alvaro Fernandez to join Benfica on loan with a view to a permanent move, and this report claimed that the negotiations also saw United seal first refusal on any future transfer for Neves.<\/p>\n<p>Such a right would mean Benfica would have to inform\u00a0United\u00a0of any accepted bids for Neves and the Portuguese side would also have to give United the chance to match the offer before proceeding with a sale.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica, however, went public to insist there was no truth to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenfica denies the existence of any right of first refusal over its player Joao Neves,\u201d\u00a0a statement read.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01hm9mg3rgqhc1t3we9v.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Joao Neves, Rony Lopes\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Neves has caught the eye this season \/ Gualter Fatia\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cUnder no circumstances has Sport Lisboa e Benfica entered into talks with Manchester United or any other club about this player from its youth academy \u2013 nor does it intend to do so \u2013 so any information to the contrary is false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Benfica manager Roger Schmidt confirmed the club did not plan to listen to offers for Neves, centre-back Antonio Silva or any other key player during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are halfway through the season and we have big goals,\u201d Schmidt told reporters. \u201cWe certainly won\u2019t let any of these players leave. We need them and no one wants to leave, so there\u2019s no question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neves\u2019 contract with Benfica, which runs until 2028, is understood to contain a release clause worth \u20ac120m (\u00a3103m).<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benfica have released a statement rejecting claims they have held talks with Manchester United over the sale of 19-year-old midfield sensation Joao Neves. Neves has established himself as a key player for Benfica this season and his performances have caught the eye of a number of Europe\u2019s top sides, with Arsenal and Liverpool also\u00a0known to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benfica release statement on Man Utd\u2019s interest in Joao Neves \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/benfica-release-statement-on-man-utds-interest-in-joao-neves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benfica release statement on Man Utd\u2019s interest in Joao Neves \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benfica have released a statement rejecting claims they have held talks with Manchester United over the sale of 19-year-old midfield sensation Joao Neves. 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