After an adventure with AS Roma, Renato Sanches was loaned to Benfica Lisbon this summer by PSG. This is going badly for the Portuguese, who is unable to regain his splendor within his original club. This also provoked a rant from a former Lisbon president, who is annoyed by the latest operations between the two parties.
Next summer, some players could return to PSG. This is particularly the case of Renato Sancheswhich is currently on loan to Benfica Lisbon but which still does not convince. Despite a return to his training club, the midfielder is unable to make a string of starts.
A former president of Benfica Lisbon rants against PSG
Renato Sanches is therefore not successful and this annoys some people. At the microphone ofAntenna 1, Gaspar Ramosformer president of Benfica Lisbonspoke about the players loaned by the PSG in recent years (Sanches, Bernard, Draxler). According to him, the Portuguese team should never have accepted such operations. “They throw them at us here to assess whether they can be useful to them in the future, and Benfica cannot be subjected to these situations. Besides the financial aspects, which are, in this situation, secondary, there is above all the sporting aspect. When we make this recruitment, the goal is to strengthen the team to win, because that is the main objective of the team, to win. »
Protect Benfica’s interests above all else
According to Gaspar Ramosthese loans would rather have provided a service to the PSG what helped Benfica. A funny situation, because above all it would be necessary to protect the interests of the Portuguese team, according to its former president. “We observed this problem with little attention, these decisions which were taken for one reason or another even if I do not believe that there is servitude towards PSG. Benfica's interests are above everything else and the people who run Benfica must always take into consideration, above all, the interests of Benfica. »