Rui Costa tied to Vera contract: The Eagles say transfer ‘follow normal procedures’ – Benfica

Rui Costa tied to Vera contract: The Eagles say transfer ‘follow normal procedures’ – Benfica

A Twitter account on Wednesday revealed the alleged payment order made by Benfica to hire Francisco Vera, in the summer of 2015 (in a €2.8 million deal), which includes the signatures of Rui Costa and Domingos Soares from Oliveira. Corio da Manha revealed that documents related to this business had been seized under the red card process and that Benfica, in a statement, ensured it was not aware of any wrongdoing. “The transfer of the player Francisco Vera followed the usual procedures of SAD, in which the transfer contract and the payment of the respective bank bills were signed by two SAD officials. Payment for the transfer of this player, through guarantees by issuing a bank invoice. was made exclusively for the Paraguayan club, which came From him the player. The subsequent destination of this bank guarantee can only be explained by the club that obtained it, with the current directors of Sport Lisbon e Benfica, i.e. its president Rui Costa, outside this decision and not knowing his future whereabouts”, stressed the Ensour. The Paraguayan winger played just 17 games for the Red B team, having finished his career at just 26 years old, in 2020.

This work, it should be noted, already in 2016 raised doubts. At the time, then MEP, Ana Gomez, in a letter sent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PGR) and the Judicial Police (PJ), requested an investigation into the transfer of Vera from Paraguay from Rubio Neo to Benfica. The Fonte da Luz Club is guaranteed at that time register That this claim does not concern him, because it was based on “false facts”. “It shows the ignorance of MEPs,” said Ensour.

Benfica notice:

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1- Sport Lisbon and Benfica, based on the information revealed by CMTV this evening, clarify that the transfer of the player Francisco Vera followed the usual procedures of the deal, with the transfer contract and the payment of the respective bank bills signed by two SAD officials.

2- Payment for the transfer of this player, through guarantees by issuing a bank invoice, was made exclusively for the Paraguayan club from which the player came.

3- The subsequent destination of this bank guarantee can only be explained by the club that obtained it, with the current presidents of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, i.e. its president Rui Costa, unaware of this decision and unaware of its whereabouts in the future.

4- Sport Lisboa e Benfica has never refused to explain or clarify anything, always cooperating with the authorities in investigating all justified questions. And so it will continue.

5- Sport Lisboa e Benfica confirms that neither SAD nor its current managers are accused in the Cartão Vermelho operation.

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