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Meet the New-Look Recruitment Team (The same as the old team (nearly))
- Thread starter Heffing Psycho!
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Listen 'ere young man
Jack Burkitt
The merry go round continues, if we find ourselves in the Championship next year, will we hire Murphy again?
Konstantinos (Kostas) Lianos
@LianosKostas
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40m
Benfica's chief scout Pedro Ferreira is joining Nottingham Forest at the end of the season after a successful 14-year stint with the club, as per Record #NFFC
Benfica love the South American market, so I love this. More Murillos and Danilos please.
Konstantinos (Kostas) Lianos
@LianosKostas
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40m
Benfica's chief scout Pedro Ferreira is joining Nottingham Forest at the end of the season after a successful 14-year stint with the club, as per Record #NFFC
Yep they have clients linked to Danilo’s agent. Posted that in the transfer thread.
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
I hope that him signing Vlach for Benfica was just a blip on his CV then because I couldn't take anymore shite of that ilk.
Bing Crosby's Head
A. Trialist
Thing is though he was a vital part of a successful Benfica side - 150 plus appearances and a couple of Champions League quarter finals. He just seemed to turn to rabbit in headlights when he signed for us.
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
It was a tongue in cheek comment. Everyone is allowed a few duffs over their career and he seems to have a lot more hits than misses.
PynchonForest
John Robertson
The Portuguese league has long been a pipeline for Brazilians into Europe. This is a tremendous acquisition. I daresay having a Portuguese manager will pay a few dividends AND help keep Danilo and Murillo around as long as possible. This actually seems like a cohesive vision thingie.
Konstantinos (Kostas) Lianos
@LianosKostas
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40m
Benfica's chief scout Pedro Ferreira is joining Nottingham Forest at the end of the season after a successful 14-year stint with the club, as per Record #NFFC
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
This looks like a really shrewd move.
Konstantinos (Kostas) Lianos
@LianosKostas
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40m
Benfica's chief scout Pedro Ferreira is joining Nottingham Forest at the end of the season after a successful 14-year stint with the club, as per Record #NFFC
I think that this is also where Rio Ave fit into the picture - bring these young players across, get them used to being away from home - but in a similar environment
I like it - I like it a lot
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
I wouldn't get too attached - he'll be sacked as soon as a couple of transfers don't work out straight away.
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
The one positive thing to come out of the club for weeks and people pooh-pooh it.
I know - you can't pooh-pooh a pooh-pooh
congo_red_49
Ale Ape
My cynicism comes from experience. We repeatedly appoint people to multiple positions that should be a positive - only for them to be fired or resign before they've actually had a chance to improve the club.
Some Benfica background…
In 2022, the CIES Football Observatory declared Benfica's academy the most profitable in the world, generating 379m euros (£336m) since 2015. Real Madrid was ranked second with 330m euros, with Monaco third on 285m euros.
In 2019 Benfica sold Joao Felix, who had only one full season in the first team, to Atletico Madrid for a club record £115m.
A year later they pocketed £65m for selling Ruben Dias, who joined the club aged 13, to Manchester City.
Dias has three other Benfica alumni as his team-mates at City - goalkeeper Ederson, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo, who joined Bayern Munich on loan last January.
Homegrown players are just one aspect of Benfica's money-printing operation, which has seen them generate an estimated £1.14bn in transfer sales over the past decade.
In 2022, the CIES Football Observatory declared Benfica's academy the most profitable in the world, generating 379m euros (£336m) since 2015. Real Madrid was ranked second with 330m euros, with Monaco third on 285m euros.
In 2019 Benfica sold Joao Felix, who had only one full season in the first team, to Atletico Madrid for a club record £115m.
A year later they pocketed £65m for selling Ruben Dias, who joined the club aged 13, to Manchester City.
Dias has three other Benfica alumni as his team-mates at City - goalkeeper Ederson, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo, who joined Bayern Munich on loan last January.
Homegrown players are just one aspect of Benfica's money-printing operation, which has seen them generate an estimated £1.14bn in transfer sales over the past decade.
Steve B
Jack Armstrong
Yeah but how many European cups have they go…oh yeah scratch that