Hassan Yebda Signs

The second signing for the new season is Hassan Yebda.
The 24 year old interior midfielder is the first signing under Quique Flores, and arrives at Benfica on a free, as his contract expired with French club Le Mans.

Benfica is expected to introduce the player at 19.15 local time.

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With Yebda's arrival Benfica will now have, count them, Petit, Katsouranis, Maxi, Fellipe Bastos, Binya, Ruben Amorim and Romeu Ribeiro, all interior midfielders that play in the same sector of the field.
Yebda's physical characteristics and field positioning are very similar to the ones of Katsouranis, which could very well mean that the Greek is on the way out - a desire that he himself has made known.
There was also talk of Binya going out on loan next season, the same could hold true for Romeu Ribeiro, who is still very young.

Coming on a free is always a plus, but let's hope that Benfica's prospection department has done their homework, in order to avoid a similar situation to Zoro's who also arrived on a free, but is one of the best paid players on the squad. Off course having the coach's approval is always beneficial, and apparently Quique gave the thumbs up to Yebda's signing.

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