{"id":201979,"date":"2024-07-22T11:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/benfica-confirm-bid-has-been-made-for-man-utd-and-arsenal-target\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:44:30","slug":"benfica-confirm-bid-has-been-made-for-man-utd-and-arsenal-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/22\/benfica-confirm-bid-has-been-made-for-man-utd-and-arsenal-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Benfica confirm bid has been made for Man Utd and Arsenal target \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Benfica president Rui Costa has revealed the club have received a bid from Paris Saint-Germain for teenager Joao Neves, who has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Arsenal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old enjoyed an incredible debut season for Benfica, registering 55 appearances across all competitions while contributing to the team\u2019s second place finish in Liga Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Neves\u2019 performances have attracted the attention of a number of clubs across Europe, with Premier League scouts\u00a0reportedly monitoring the player\u00a0towards the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>But the release clause written into Neves\u2019 Benfica contract is thought to stand at \u20ac120m \u2013 a figure which has been deemed too high by his list of potential suitors.<\/p>\n<p>That hasn\u2019t stopped Paris Saint-Germain from making a move though, with Costa revealing not only that a bid had been made, but also that Benfica\u2019s willingness to sell doesn\u2019t necessarily hinge on Neves\u2019 release clause being paid in full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never said that Joao Neves would only leave for his release clause and therefore, those claims are false,\u201d he said via\u00a0<em>A Bola<\/em>. \u201cWhat I can say in relation to Joao Neves is that there is an offer on the table.<\/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\/07\/01j3axjpb53xj1agrnz3.jpg\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta\" title=\"Mikel Arteta\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Mikel Arteta could bring Neves to Arsenal \/ Nigel French\/Allstar\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThat has been in the news in the last days but I\u2019m not going to say where this proposal stands. There is a proposal on the table which is being evaluated and is being discussed. But at this moment, Joao Neves remains a Benfica player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that I want to hide the ins and outs because I understand that Benfica fans want to know whether Joao will be leaving or not. But at this moment, there are ongoing negotiations, so please allow me to be reserved about this subject so we can take care of what will be best outcome for Benfica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PSG appear the most likely landing spot for Neves at this stage, with other interested parties United and Arsenal prioritising moves in other areas.<\/p>\n<p>United may actually help facilitate PSG\u2019s move for Neves by purchasing\u00a0Manuel Ugarte\u00a0from the Ligue 1 giants \u2013 the Uruguayan is available for transfer after an indifferent first season in Paris and his \u20ac60m (\u00a351m) asking price is yet to put off the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benfica president Rui Costa has revealed the club have received a bid from Paris Saint-Germain for teenager Joao Neves, who has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Arsenal. The 19-year-old enjoyed an incredible debut season for Benfica, registering 55 appearances across all competitions while contributing to the team\u2019s second place finish in Liga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201979","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 confirm bid has been made for Man Utd and Arsenal target \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\/07\/22\/benfica-confirm-bid-has-been-made-for-man-utd-and-arsenal-target\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benfica confirm bid has been made for Man Utd and Arsenal target \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benfica president Rui Costa has revealed the club have received a bid from Paris Saint-Germain for teenager Joao Neves, who has been linked with moves to Manchester United and Arsenal. 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