Pedro Alves revealed he had obtained “permission” from Benfica to “speak” to the central defender, but denied that he had undergone medical tests. “It did not come true because the reasons were clear,” he told Channel 11
Estoril sporting director Pedro Alves confirmed on Thursday that there had been talks with Ferro, Benfica’s centre-back, following a “permission” from FC Luz, however, he was loaned to Croatia’s Hajduk Split, and underwent medical examinations, reportedly, explaining the operation .
“There was a lot of interest and I had permission from Benfica to speak with the player and he didn’t want to go abroad. After a less happy year in Valencia, he wanted to re-launch his life at home. I spoke to the athlete, the agent, we came to an ‘understanding’.” After that, we spoke With Benfica. What failed? Nothing failed. It is a lie that there was an agreement, let alone that he had to undergo medical tests in Estoril. It did not come true because the reasons were clear, he said, recalling the regulations that prohibit any club from lending more than six players to other clubs in the same class in the same season.
This problem prevented Ferro from being loaned to Estoril, as Benfica had six players in Liga Bwin teams at the time: Nuno Santos (Paços de Ferreira), Tiago Dantas (Tondela), Tiago Araújo (Arouca), Vukotic (Boavista), Joao Ferreira (Vittoria de Guimarães) and Cecchino (Braga). Ferro went to Croatia, but in the meantime, the Eagles opened a vacancy, the last climbers have returned a vacant place and are preparing to go to Giresunspor, from Turkey.
