Ricardo signs for Benfica

[3m1n3m]

Yes, it's now official!

Boavista and Portugal number 1 keeper Ricardo will play for Benfica next season, and for the next five years. The news has been confirmed in Benfica's official website, and the news about the contract agreement has been announced by on-line newspaper Maisfutebol.

After being linked with moves to Arsenal, Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon, Ricardo has finally defined his future, by joining a club that he supports since he was a little kid, he admitted sometime ago.

He was meant to join Benfica last season, at the time of Petit's transfer, but it didn't end up well, only with the midfielder joining the Portuguese giant. It allowed him to be an important piece of Boavista's squad in their walk on to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, with the keeper prooving to be one of the best in Europe.

He will cost €2M, payed in two years. The move doesn't involve any players going to Boavista, like it was speculated (young Moreira was said to go on loan).

 

[calve11]

Wow, we have ourselves one of the worlds best goalkeepers

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

What's your source?

Edit-Scratch that lol just read..

 

[calve11]

I just hope we loan out Moreira now though. Although putting him under the belt of Ricardo for one season may be good for him, but one season maximum.

 

[ALVALADE-XXI]

Ricardo is definitly one of the best world keepers at the moment...but there's one think i'd like to say : WHY IN THE HELL BOAVISTA ASK SPORTING 5 000 000 € AND SOLD HIM TO BENFICA ONLY FOR 2 000 000 € to be payed in two years ?????

BTW there's talks about a BIG signing for Sporting next days !!!!!

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

Originally posted by ALVALADE-XXI
BTW there's talks about a BIG signing for Sporting next days !!!!!

Big in terms of Europe Campaign big or big as in 4 million youngster?

 

[ALVALADE-XXI]

Originally posted by Hugo-45-Viana
Big in terms of Europe Campaign big or big as in 4 million youngster?

EH!EH!EH!EH! Good question:X :X

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

Originally posted by ALVALADE-XXI
EH!EH!EH!EH! Good question:X :X

Well, I think our finances are decent where we could sign someone around 15 million. Figo? Nah... Or maybe...Here's hoping.

 

[calve11]

Originally posted by Hugo-45-Viana
Well, I think our finances are decent where we could sign someone around 15 million. Figo? Nah... Or maybe...Here's hoping.

Are you joking, 15 million? I heard you guys were in the worst shape out of the big 3 (Benfica, Porto, Sporting).

 

[ALVALADE-XXI]

Originally posted by calve11
Are you joking, 15 million? I heard you guys were in the worst shape out of the big 3 (Benfica, Porto, Sporting).

BAD answer...Benfica is the worst of the "3 bigs"...you know, FC Porto and Sporting must have all their accounts under surveilence!!!!! Benfica don't have to do that , so where does Benfica get all that money ?????? They ask to BES a lot of it ( i believe that 75 % of the new stadium is in the hands of the BES Administration, and another 15 % is in the hands of Câmara Municipal)...and BTW, all ( i mean 30 ) Benfica players belongs to José Veiga !!!!!!Benfica doesn't have anything of their own.

In the other hand, if you look to the last accounts of FC Porto and Sporting in the last 6 months, you'll see that both are in technical failure but new Sporting's stars are not in the hands of the SAD administration, but in the hands of the SPORTING CLube de Portugal...so if you put the Quaresma and Ronaldo (amoung others young players) transfered to SAD the technical fialure will NOT be true...the same DOES'NT happen to FC Porto. So, the club with more future and well-administraded in Portugal is SportingC.P., Sporting SAD !!!!!!

 

[JJ]

Originally posted by Alex Knapp
DAMN

Ya already got a goalie called Ricardo... ya didn't want ANOTHER one did ya?

 

[calve11]

Originally posted by ALVALADE-XXI
BAD answer...Benfica is the worst of the "3 bigs"...you know, FC Porto and Sporting must have all their accounts under surveilence!!!!! Benfica don't have to do that , so where does Benfica get all that money ?????? They ask to BES a lot of it ( i believe that 75 % of the new stadium is in the hands of the BES Administration, and another 15 % is in the hands of Câmara Municipal)...and BTW, all ( i mean 30 ) Benfica players belongs to José Veiga !!!!!!Benfica doesn't have anything of their own.

In the other hand, if you look to the last accounts of FC Porto and Sporting in the last 6 months, you'll see that both are in technical failure but new Sporting's stars are not in the hands of the SAD administration, but in the hands of the SPORTING CLube de Portugal...so if you put the Quaresma and Ronaldo (amoung others young players) transfered to SAD the technical fialure will NOT be true...the same DOES'NT happen to FC Porto. So, the club with more future and well-administraded in Portugal is SportingC.P., Sporting SAD !!!!!!

Sporting has the best future financially because all they do is sell players, but unfortunately Sporting the team sucks. I mean why do you guys bring up players, for other teams?

 

[[mouta-FCP]]

What a great new... why the hell do you need Ricardo? Don't you guys have Moreira? Keep signing players for the places that are already filled. Keep the bad defense and the bad attack.

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

How do Sporting have the worst finance? Lol
They sold off Viana for 8.5 million, and didn't even buy any expensive players in the last season. I know ya'll Benfica people THINK that you have a better finance situation then us, but it simply ain't true.

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

Originally posted by calve11
Sporting has the best future financially because all they do is sell players, but unfortunately Sporting the team sucks. I mean why do you guys bring up players, for other teams?

We're doing the national team a favor. We bring up players, sell them to good clubs so they don't have to play piss poor teams like Benfica.

 

[Punkt]

Originally posted by [mouta-FCP]
What a great new... why the hell do you need Ricardo? Don't you guys have Moreira? Keep signing players for the places that are already filled. Keep the bad defense and the bad attack.

bad defence? bad attack? but benfica had the best attack of superliga. and defence? argel is bad? ricardo rocha is bad?
for christ sake.

 

[[mouta-FCP]]

Originally posted by Punkt
bad defence? bad attack? but benfica had the best attack of superliga. and defence? argel is bad? ricardo rocha is bad?
for christ sake.

Yes your defence is not that good, last year Benfica had the luck to have a great GK like Moreira, and the attack is not brilliant too, the only one in the attack that makes the diference is Simao, and only with PK and free kicks... BTW, scoring more goals in the league doesn't mean that your attack is the best, what counts it's the victories... and also the titles

 

[3m1n3m]

Anti-Benfica people are on fire here.

Is this ridiculous war never going to end?

BTW, if Sporting is fine in finance, why were they technically BANKRUPT for most of the season? (this isn't criticising, it's a fact).

And FC Porto, there's a lot of stuff that no one knows and that no one will never know that's going on there.

The difference between Porto and Benfica is that Porto stuff never fills a paper's front cover, only the end pages in little boxes, and Benfica stuff fills 50% of the paper's content and full cover.

BTW, if Porto really sign Sérgio Conceição, they may fight to go far in the Champions League. Postiga's money is enough to buy 50% of Sérgio's sporting rights and Big Benni, with a little help of Capucho's transfer to Glasgow Rangers.

 

[calve11]

Originally posted by 3m1n3m
Anti-Benfica people are on fire here.

Is this ridiculous war never going to end?

BTW, if Sporting is fine in finance, why were they technically BANKRUPT for most of the season? (this isn't criticising, it's a fact).

And FC Porto, there's a lot of stuff that no one knows and that no one will never know that's going on there.

The difference between Porto and Benfica is that Porto stuff never fills a paper's front cover, only the end pages in little boxes, and Benfica stuff fills 50% of the paper's content and full cover.

I don't follow Sporting so thats why I initially said I thought SCP was in the worst financial situation (which they may be, nobody knows foresure!). Also if all your going on is how much you make on transfers it means NOTHING. You have no idea what other things are going on in the club. Also Hugo-45-Viana, there is NO WAY IN HELL that you guys will make a E15M signing!

Also what you said about Benfica being reported the most is so true (I can understand seeing as more than half of Portugal's population is Benfiquista). All Portuguese media focuses on Benfica, for christ sake we have RTP broadcasting bogus info that destroys the reputation of our club!

Porto's kind of a mystery, PdC could be the biggest mafioso in Portugal for all we know (many people think he's in the mafia, but I don't think so).

 

[Hugo-45-Viana]

If we're able to offer 5 million for a player who can be considered 2 million after being sold, I'm sure we're able to dish it out.