Barcelona was deterred from the price of € 100 million (£ 85.9 million) for Benfica’s wanted Striker Vangelis Pavlidis, a report in Portugal, claimed.
Less than 12 months ago, Pavlidis Benfica only cost € 18 million (€ 15.5 million) when he arrived from AZ Alkmaar. The 26-year-old ran up after the most productive campaign of his career and continued to drop the back of the network this season.
Pavlidis is Benfica’s leading goal scorer because they are locked up in a devilish narrow title race and with only six remaining games the sporty CP remained on the goal difference. He scored seven goals from the Champions League and scored a famous victory for Greece over England in October.
Chelsea connected such a productive form to a change for the striker born in Thessaloniki. It was also accepted A bola.
The Portuguese report also lists Everton, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United as interested parties. These Premier League clubs will be invoiced to meet Pavlidis wages, although it remains to be seen whether something would extend up to its high price.
The World Cup in summer also complicates every deal. Benfica is located in a group with the New Zealand Outfit Auckland City, the Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich and begin the first phase against the Argentine giant Boca Juniors on June 16.
FIFA has opened a separate transfer window before the competition begins, but Benfica will certainly not be willing to lose its middle of the star in this early phase of the summer.
Pavlidis on his part will probably follow the money. In an interview with the Business Review Greece Podcast Last summer, the pragmatic striker admitted that he will always take on “the best job offer”. “Football has become a business game,” he continued. “Teams are companies. Footballers have also become undertaken. And everyone tries to improve in football, become better known and earn money. In the end, this is a job for the football player.”