Paris Saint-Germain speed things up to sign Luisao from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 – Ligue 1 news
Brazilian international Luisao has been attracting the interest of ambitious Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain since the official appointment of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 director.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 more formidable, has earmarked the Brazilian defender as one of his primary targets this summer.
Les Parisiens have been looking for a good centre-back who could pair up well with France international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mamadou-Sakho-c23293 next season. Luisao has been an integral part of the Benfica side for more than four years and the Lisbon-based club are reluctant to let
go of their club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314.
Furthermore, the recent departure of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao has already weakened the Águias’ defence which means that the departure of Luisao would simply leave the Benfica defence short of experience.
However, it seems that Paris Saint-Germain are going to be relentless in their pursuit of the 30-year-old defender.
According to French sports daily L’Equipe, the Parc des Princes direction would be moving up a gear in order to land the experienced Brazilian. Luisao is also reportedly keen on moving to Paris Saint-Germain. Portuguese sports daily A Bola reckons that the
Brazilian might be easily lured to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899’s capital in the coming days even if Benfica play hard with the cash-laden Ligue 1 side.
Reports suggest that the Paris-based club is willing to offer eight million Euros for the services of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 international. However, Benfica might not be willing to let go of their star player for such a price. Reports suggest that the Portuguese club
is holding out on 20 million Euros for the signature of the player which is considered to be too steep for a player who is 30-years-old.
Since joining Benfica from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cruzeiro-c38870 in the summer of 2003, Luisao has made 184 league appearances for the Lisbon giants and has become one of the finest centre-backs in Europe.
However, with PSG looking to go the distance in signing Luisao this summer, and the player himself keen on moving on to a new challenge, it seems that Benfica would be hard pressed to make the player stay at Estadio da Luz.
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