Benfica will not be offered more than €15 million and a player for Fabio Coentrao by Real Madrid
Real Madrid’s pursuit of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao has taken another turn, as according to reports the Spanish club will not offer more than €15 million and a player to Benfica for his services.
The Selecao International has been a confirmed target for Real and the player himself has also spoken of his desire to play for the Madrid club. But Benfica have not agreed to terms and a deal has still not materialized until now.
The highly-rated wingback took the footballing fraternity by storm last year after performing admirably for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 national team amidst a disappointing World Cup campaign. Coentrao truly became a coveted commodity after consistently shining for the
Eagles in the Portuguese Primeira Liga in the 2010/2011 season.
The 23-year-old has been compared to Los Blancos legend, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, has also lavished praise on his International teammate and said that
he would thrive at Santiago Bernabeu. Even the ‘Special One’ credited the player for being extremely versatile.
Coentrao started his career with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/U-17-Youth-team-c40787 of Rio Ave and made his way up the ranks to the first team and became a regular starter for Vila do Conde side at the age of 18. Although he did not win any titles with Rio Ave, his talents were recognised
by a bigger club.
He signed for Portuguese giants Benfica in 2007 but limited opportunities at the helm dented his immediate impact. So in order to groom his blossoming career, Estadio da Luz officials loaned him out to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-Zaragoza-c40344 and Rio Ave on season-long loans.
After impressing in his stints, he was given a chance to shine with the Reds and Coentrao grabbed the opportunity with both hands, scoring 3 goals and assisting in 10 others in 45 appearances.
He bettered his goalscoring feats of the 2009/2010 campaign by finding the back of the net 5 times for the Lisbon outfit in the season ended. With such a scoring record, Benfica are determined not to let go of their star man for anything less than €25 million,
but it appears that Coentrao’s suitors have different ideas.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royston-Drenthe-c31824 in order to tempt their Portuguese counterparts.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 and Mesut Ozil
and spent last season on loan to lowly Hercules.
According to his agent, the Dutchman would be more than willing to don the Benfica colours if the move goes through, but that is looking unlikely to happen given the current reports.
Tags: