The leader of the Portuguese League, the leader of the Portuguese First League, announced that footballer Goncalo Guedes joins Benfica on loan from Wolverhampton until the end of the season, with the striker returning to the coaching club.
And Benfica indicated in a statement, “It is a return to the homeland! He trained in Sport Lisbon and Benfica, and striker Goncalo Guedes, 26, strengthens the professional football team until the end of the current season 2022/23, on loan from Wolverhampton.”
“It’s a great happiness to be back home, I still can’t describe the happiness I feel. To be able to return to the club where I was born, where I did all my training, to be able to be with my family, with my friends… it’s a feeling.” Fred and I want to make the most of this moment,” he told Benfica TV.
“As soon as they spoke to me about the Benfica option, I was instantly charmed, obviously, because it’s a team that would have an impact on me and that I already thought I wanted to go back to. I was so happy, I gave the validation right away that I would like to go and then it was up to the clubs to come up with something.” To an agreement. It was possible, and I’m very happy about it. I’m another person to help the team, I give everything, I’m going to try to adapt as quickly as possible and help the team as much as possible in its goals.”
And the Portuguese international moved at the beginning of the current season to the English team Wolverhampton, after five seasons in the Spanish side of Valencia, and participated in 18 matches, with two goals and an assist.
With difficulties to assert himself in the team now coached by Julen Lopetegui, who replaced Bruno Lage in the technical leadership, Gonzalo Guedes returned to Benfica, the club where he trained and reached the main team, from which he moved in January 2017 to the French. Paris Saint-Germain side.
At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Guedes was loaned out to the Parisian club Valencia, which ended up keeping the player permanently until his departure from English football.
The striker, who was not among the selections in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, played 32 matches with the main Portuguese national team, scoring seven goals, including the goal he scored in the 2019 Nations League final, against the Netherlands, which secured the Portuguese league title. Winning the cup.
The 26-year-old Portugal international would rather go back to being an Eagle and play in the Champions League than go back to La Liga and play for Barcelona, where he will also play in the Europa League. The possibility of becoming a national champion again for Benfica also influenced the player’s decision.
This Friday, Benfica shared photos that made the player’s return official.
Gonzalo Guedes left Benfica in January 2017, at that time to promote Paris Saint-Germain, earning €30m for the Reds. After half a season of minor success in the French capital, he moved to Valencia.
With an eagle on his chest, the striker has won three championships (2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17), two League Cups (2014-15 and 2015-16), one Portuguese Cup (2016-17) and one Super Cup. Candido de Oliveira Cup (2016).
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