This was one of those times when I wish I was wrong.  A week ago I reported that Simão had signed for Atletico de Madrid, and today we had official confirmation of the deal.  Simão, the pilar of Benfica over the last 7 years is already in Madrid and has signed a 5 year deal […]

Freddy Adu and Maurício Isla have two things in common.  They both had a great showing at the Under-20 World Cup and they are both rumored to be headed for SL Benfica.  But this is where the similarities end.
Although no one is talking about it here in Portugal, it is mentioned in the States, that […]

SL Benfica had a pretty uneventful pre-season thus far with the only issues being with defenders Nelson and Anderson.  Nelson arrived late for practice last week and was scratched from traveling with the team to Romania for the first friendly match of the season.  The situation however has been dealt with internally and Nelson has […]

This time the news of a SL Benfica transfer is coming from the USA. There are a couple of Portuguese papers also reporting the possible transfer of Freddy Adu to Benfica, but all of them are quoting sources from the US.
The news was all over the blogosphere in the States, we have Soccer by […]