António Silva

[rossdapep]

I don't think the atmosphere is going to be bad this season. I think the football we will play is going to change the mood a lot.

Afterall, football fans ate fickle.

A top performance and lots of goals soon quietens the dissent.

 

[Spriggan]

Afterall, football fans ate fickle.

A top performance and lots of goals soon quietens the dissent.

Poor fickle, I hope she was tasty

 

[Misfit]

Typical football fans. All moody when their team is shit but happy when it's doing well.

Unprincipled gits.

 

[Spriggan]

Typical football fans. All moody when their team is shit but happy when it's doing well.

Unprincipled gits.

It's all fickles fault.

 

[Twizzle]

Transfer Market has him valued at 45M Euros

António Silva - Player profile 23/24

António Silva, 20, from Portugal ➤ SL Benfica, since 2022 ➤ Centre-Back ➤ Market value: €45.00m ➤ * Oct 30, 2003 in Viseu, Portugal

www.transfermarkt.com

 

[yido_number1]

Why is it fantasy? Richi has shown he can lead the line at the highest level - international.

Richi has shown us he can't play more than 2 matches without getting injured. Brazil form means nothing in North London ask Gilberto and Paulinho

 

[Stoof]

Richi has shown us he can't play more than 2 matches without getting injured. Brazil form means nothing in North London ask Gilberto and Paulinho

Not true though is it.

 

[Stamford]

Why is it fantasy? Richi has shown he can lead the line at the highest level - international.

International football hasn't been the highest level for 50 years

 

[soflapaul]

Gents. Take it to the Richi thread. Obrigado

 

[Huddlebone]

Maybe an controversial opinion, I rather see him than Laporte

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

So is this based on the two games you watched ? You should add how many he played in total that season for context!

That's probably two games more than everyone on here though. (Unless you count youtube highlights)

 

[Twizzle]

Maybe an controversial opinion, I rather see him than Laporte

X 2

 

[Huddlebone]

I would honestly say that this guy would be worth at least 40 right now. In two years Man City, Real, and them guys will be all over him with 70+ mil offers.

 

[Austin Powers]

At 19, have to accept Silva is not the finished article and still learning his trade so will be making mistakes. Yes he is an international but has only played 30 league games for Benfica. I think he has some great raw tools that could make a top defender. Looks another one who is comfortable defending higher up the pitch and is quite aggressive.

The question for me is for where we are right now, can we afford to have 2 young CB's in VDV and Silva with no real natural leader in at CB. Think even Romero needs a more calm head next to him.

I think it all depends on our expectations for next season

Personally I would be happy to get in some youngsters & adopt a much more attacking approach of play accepting that results won't always go our way & we may not hit top 4 but will finish 5 or 6. As long as it's entertaining & we have young decent players who we see incrementally improve with the hope of challenging in the following season (at the earliest)

Or whether we expect Ange to forego any sort of transitional period & hit top 4 immediately

 

[mark87]

Hang on, if the release clause is €100m then surely that means it's a non-starter. In no way are we spending that on one player.

 

[KingNick]

Maybe an controversial opinion, I rather see him than Laporte

Not controversial to me. Completely agree that if we are embarking on a brave new approach, we need to go the whole hog and get youth throughout the squad. Young, hungry players who can be moulded to what the manager wants and be around for a long time .

 

[yido_number1]

Not controversial to me. Completely agree that if we are embarking on a brave new approach, we need to go the whole hog and get youth throughout the squad. Young, hungry players who can be moulded to what the manager wants and be around for a long time .

Having watched his youtube now he looks a beast.

 

[KingNick]

Hang on, if the release clause is €100m then surely that means it's a non-starter. In no way are we spending that on one player.

Willing selling clubs don’t always insist on receiving the release clause amount. They can accept whatever they want. Release clause is only there to protect an unwilling seller and is usually much higher than actual value .

 

[jurgen]

I would honestly say that this guy would be worth at least 40 right now. In two years Man City, Real, and them guys will be all over him with 70+ mil offers.

Surely he's going to be around 70m rather than 40m right now?

This is the club that got over 120m euros for a 19 year old after 1 full season, made about 100m euros profit on a midfielder who played only half a season with them, and bagged 80m euros for darwin nunez...

Just cannot see Benfica as a club we can buy one of their jewels from based on their past transfer business..

 

[mark87]

Willing selling clubs don’t always insist on receiving the release clause amount. They can accept whatever they want. Release clause is only there to protect an unwilling seller and is usually much higher than actual value .

I get that, but why would they accept a lower fee for him when he's a very highly rated player and a nly going to get better? They won't.