The Benfica Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Benfica spend $45.6M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $45.6M has been paid because Mateo Retegui is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Market24 Aug 2026
Benfica sell Vangelis Pavlidis for $36.1M
Vangelis Pavlidis has left for Real Madrid in a $36.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match22 Aug 2026
Patrick Berg breaks Casa Pia hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Patrick Berg scored in the 85th minute, Casa Pia had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Benfica took the lot.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Both of them Patrick Berg's — 8.32
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.32, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market24 Aug 2026
Anísio Cabral says no to Pafos
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Anísio Cabral had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Mateo Retegui arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Mateo Retegui has, at Benfica, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market24 Aug 2026
Bruma puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Benfica, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Benfica
João Palhinha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Bright Arrey-Mbi
Benfica asked and Braga said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Match Patrick Berg sends Benfica past Casa Pia
- Squad The formation has left Mateo Retegui behind
- The dugout The manager’s verdict