Kaio Lucas, the 27-year-old Brazilian striker for Benfica, is back on his way to Sharjah, from the United Arab Emirates, but now for sure, with the process progressing between the two clubs.
The player, the 2018 Club World Cup runner-up, with Al Ain (losing to Real Madrid in the final), before signing with Benfica, maintained his place in that part of the world and went to Sharjah on loan from the Reds in January 2020, when things were not going well. So well for him at Benfica by Bruno Lagg.
He spent a year and a half there, playing 46 games and scoring 13 goals, before his loan period from Club da Luz expired and he was ordered back to Lisbon. However, Jorge Jesus, coach of the Eagles, does not count on the footballer, who does not even have to do pre-season training to be evaluated by the coach, because he is very close to becoming a final player for the logo. UAE.
The process, as BOLA knows, is very advanced and very important for Benfica, at a time when SAD da Luz wants to reduce payroll and consolidate the 2020/2021 year, which ends on June 30.
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