A Step in the Right Direction?

While many expected Benfica to drop a big name right at the closing of the transfer window, it was the formation prospects that got the attention. A total of 11 players saw their names being submitted to the league as professionals(some of them renewed).

Bakar Mirtskhulava(18, Defender, Georgia) Ederson Santana de Moraes (17, Keeper Brasil), Vinícius Nascimento da Silva (18, defender, Brasil), Fábio Reis (18, Keeper, Portugal), Daniel Santos Martins (17, defender, Portugal), Luís Martins (18, defender, Portugal), Pedro Dias (17, midfielder, Portugal), Ruben Pinto (18, midfielder, Portugal), Francisco Júnior (18,midfielder, Guiné-Bissau), Pedro Almeida (17, defender, Portugal), Diego Lopes (16, midfielder, Brasil).

Let's hope this is a sign of things to come, where Benfica starts favoring the products of their formation over youngsters from other countries, whose worth can often times be doubtful and financially straining.

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