Benfica president Rui Costa has claimed that there isn’t a stress to promote Goncalo Ramos this January amid Manchester United switch hyperlinks.
- Changed Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal
- May do the identical in Manchester
- Not prone to occur this winter although
WHAT HAPPENED? After introducing himself onto the worldwide stage with a shocking hat-trick for Portugal of their World Cup win over Switzerland, the 21-year-old striker has been linked with a transfer to the Crimson Devils. Nevertheless, the Benfica president has promised followers that there isn’t a must promote their star asset to anybody this January.
WHAT THEY SAID: Costa lately informed the media: “Now we have the only real goal of getting a profitable season, no participant will depart – until it’s because of the clause – which at this second is key for the squad.
“What I can promise our supporters is what I did in the beginning of the 12 months. It is a sporting challenge, not a monetary one. Luckily, we’re not experiencing monetary issues and now we have no must promote gamers.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Satirically, after Ramos changed Ronaldo within the Portugal nationwide workforce set-up, it appears to be like as if he may at some point change the celebrity at Outdated Trafford too – with the 37-year-old leaving United in November.
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DID YOU KNOW? Regardless of having solely performed in two World Cup knockout video games, Ramos has scored three targets at that stage of the competitors – which is three greater than Ronaldo has ever managed, having performed at 5 tournaments.
WHAT NEXT FOR RAMOS? The striker will now depart Qatar after Portugal did not beat Morocco of their quarter-final match, he returns to Benfica having scored 14 membership targets in all competitions this season.