Rui Costa justified the €35m loss from SAD at Benfica in 2021/22 with the intent of favoring sporting results, and the community chose not to transfer some key players and only make some salary adjustments. “After three years without titles, we decided to focus on the sporting aspects. I think those who followed this year’s market witnessed a reworking of the team where we excelled in sporting aspects, creating a different dynamic from the past and making 43 operations in this market. This result occurs because we We chose to reformulate professional football at Benfica, and it did not happen because of the lack of means to reverse it, you yourself were reporting how many proposals were coming to our athletes. Our choice was not to make these sales. It will not take us to the sports results we have obtained so far” , began by saying the President of Benfica in the presentation of the results of SAD. “First we have to balance the team, that’s what we did well. The process is not complete, but we have taken giant steps to make it happen soon. We reduced the salary block, kept the players in the team, and we will reach the symbiosis we want. It was a SAD strategy, thank all my colleagues. I want Basically to reassure the Benfica team that this result, although negative, was thought and organized and did not happen due to a lack of means to reverse it. This club is this was possible thanks to the work done earlier, which gives us financial conditions”, added Rui Costa, He concluded: “We don’t want to continue selling at a discount, to have to run after a loss. .to be able to dominate the market and not the other way around. We want this balance in the team.”