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Benfica win chase for Andre Carrillo

Nemanja Lazarevic in Transfer News & Rumours 3 Feb 2016

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Portuguese giants Benfica have agreed a deal to sign Peruvian winger Andre Carrillo from rivals Sporting CP, according to A Bola.

The highly rated footballer will join the Eagles when his current contract expires in June, having accepted a five-year contract worth €2 million per campaign, while he also secured a €2.5m signing bonus.

Benfica did well to win the race for the player’s signature as Carrillo was also on the radar of FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia.

The capture of one of their rivals’ leading players will serve as revenge on the Lions for signing former Benfica coach Jorge Jesus last summer.

After refusing to sign a new contract with Sporting CP, Carrillo was suspended by the club and forbidden from entering the training facilities.

Such a decision by the Lions all but ended their hopes of selling the Peruvian in the January window, and paved way for Benfica to sign him on a free transfer.

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Working as editor-in-chief at Soccernews.com, Nemanja Lazarevic is responsible for organising and managing the team of writers to ensure the content produced on the site meets high industry standards and remains interesting to our readers. As our go-to guy for the football transfer news, he uses an extensive experience in the industry to dig up latest transfer stories from local sources.

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