Benfica made official a massive reinforcement. Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis is a new member of the Lisbon Eagles, with whom he signed a five-year contract.Benfica will pay AZ Alkmaar 18,000,000 euros fixed and 2,000,000 through bonuses for the purchase of the best scorer of the Eredivisie in the last season. Pavlidis shone in the last Dutch championship and scored 29 goals in 34 matches, which attracted the attention of clubs from stronger leagues. Benfica started working on his transfer back in the spring and basically agreed on everything at the end of the season, but then Stuttgart jumped into the story and tried to spoil the deal. However, the Portuguese forced it out and brought in the Greek national team player.Vangelis Pavlidis é 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐨 & 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨! 🥰#VangelisPavlidis2029 pic.twitter.com/MvBDvP5Oxi— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) July 1, 2024 Pavlidis earned 600,000 euros per season at AZ Alkmaar, and the Portuguese media write that his contract in Lisbon will be three times larger. He was born in Thessaloniki but when he was 16 he moved to Germany and started his career in Bochum. He was also on loan in the B team of Borussia Dortmund and Wilhelm II, who bought him. He spent two seasons in the Dutch club from Tilburg before AZ Alkmaar bought him three years ago for 2,500,000 euros. And now they made a lot of money on it.Pavlidis will be a replacement in Benfica for the Brazilian striker Arturo Cabral, whom the club wants to get rid of. He came from Fiorentina last summer for 20,000,000 euros and completely underperformed. Benfica hopes to get most of the money invested.##NAJAVA_MECA_8192008##
