Ukrainian refugees and Neres sign five-year deal with Schmidts Benfica

Neres is the first major addition to Roger Schmidt, the new head coach of the Portuguese club, who recently left PSV. Benfica has a lot of money to spend after the departure of super striker Darwin. The Uruguayan was sold to Liverpool for 75 million euros.

escape from Donetsk

Neres, who has been playing for Ajax since 2017, left Amsterdam at the beginning of January 2022 for 12 million euros for Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. He signed there for four years. But when Russia invaded the country more than a month later, all sports competitions were halted.

Brazilian footballers Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk, including Neres, later asked for help with a video message. Three days later, the players were taken to safety across the Romanian border and Neres was reunited with his girlfriend.

The seven-time Brazilian footballer was in Lisbon looking for a new club.

Source: NOS

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