Departures cut Benfica’s salary costs by more than 40 million

A clean-up of a million euros! More specifically 21.3 million with labor costs and the same amount of taxes related to these contracts. That means Benfica could cut salary costs (in some cases until 2026) by almost €43 million, with the departure of the ten accredited players who are not part of Roger Schmidt’s plans for the 2022-2023 season. To understand the dimension of savings, it is necessary to remember that costs with personnel (squad, technical team and structure) increased by 19% and last season amounted to 59.1 million euros, according to the latest report and accounts of SAD benfiquista .

Rui Costa said in an interview earlier this year that there should be “a reduction of the squad to create space for the youngsters of the house”. But I certainly didn’t expect to post names that were once idolized by fans, some champions and even two captains and a Silver Shoe.

Author: Isaura Almeida

Source: El heraldo

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