To close now. Rui Costa accelerates Prestianni renewal with Benfica

O dossier concerning the renewal of Gianluca Prestianni's contract with Benfica may know significant advances in the coming weeks. This is at least Rui Costa’s intention, following the ‘show’ given by the advanced person, last Sunday, at the particular meeting he put, face to face, Argentina and Burkina Faso.

Without the ‘star of the company’, Lionel Messi, the only 20-year-old player ‘opened the book’ at the Mâs Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, and contributed to the categorical victory of the world's runners-up in title, by 7-0, with a goal, an assist (to the straight shot of Julián Álvarez) and an exhibition that promises to increase further the ‘harassment’ of which is being targeted.

The young promise has been closely accompanied by a number of Premier League clubs (among them Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Newcastle and Brighton), as well as by Atlético Madrid, which, according to the Monday edition of the newspaper The Game, led the incarnated structure to act urgently.

In this sense, one can read, the goal is to ‘gas up’ the extension of the current bond (although it remains valid until June 2029), until 2031, as soon as Gianluca Prestianni returns to Portugal, and put an end to a process that has been ‘drawing’ over several months.

Jorge Mendes will be decisive

On the table, there is a proposal that includes an increase, not only of the term of the contract between both parties, but also of the salary of the creative, which will be consistent with the status of undisputed holder who acquired, above all, since the arrival of Marco Silva at the Stadium of Luz, to the place of José Mourinho (who left for Real Madrid).

The termination clause will, at the outset, be to keep to the level of EUR 100 million, this being one of the points to deal with Jorge Mendes, Portuguese businessman who took over the management of the career of the international albiceleste, last September, after several years spent with compatriot Gastón Fernández.

The Gestifute 'face' maintains a long-term relationship with Benfica... but also, for example, with the Atlético de Madrid, one of the emblems that has been paying more attention to Gianluca Prestianni's journey, so it can play a key role in the success (or not) of this process.

Gianluca Prestianni’s ‘explosion’

Gianluca Prestianni, remember, arrived at Benfica in January 2024, coming from Vélez Sarsfield, for a sum of EUR 9 million (for 85% of its economic rights), which could amount to EUR 11 million, by meeting individual and collective sporting objectives.

However, the ‘explosion’ would only come about two and a half years later, in 2026/27, with the one that is already the most productive season of his (still short) career, which translates into a record of eight goals and three assists after the 12 official matches in which it was used by the new coach, Marco Silva.