Weak Rumour - Arthur Cabral (Fwd, Benfica, 26)
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#4

Decent profile of development since he made the move from Brazil in 2019.

32 in 53 games at Basel

Top scorer in all competitions in his only season (22/23) at Fiorentina, (joint) Conference Lg top scorer in their march to the final against Wham.

Sold to Benfica for £17m + £4.25m in add-ons last summer.....with a buy out clause set at £84.9m(!).

Tall at 6'1'' so basically a Thiago footballing sibling.

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Top scorer in the Europa League a few seasons ago.

Could be a good option

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fair to say looks like he has under-performed a bit at Benfica? 6 in 28 in the league in a team that finished second in the league?

not sure how many he started though.

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Does look a bit like a cut price Thiago - this was the assessment of him from a Basel journalist talking to a Fiorentina website;

He can hold up the ball when playing with his back to the goal. But he is also able to run onto the defender with the ball on his feet. He feels most comfortable within the opponent’s 18 yard box, though. This is where he shines as he has a nose for the right movement. He also tries to get a part of his body onto every ball played into the box. He has the will to score goals and he shows it often. But that’s not everything. Don’t let him shoot from outside the box. He scored a wonder goal against FC Zurich this season, where he smashed the ball into the net from 35 yards out. Technically he’s good, with the occasional miscontrol when running with the ball, and he has decent speed. He excels with his physicality though. He is able to push off defenders and create a yard of space for himself.

Oliver Zesiger gives the lowdown on Arthur Cabral

Zesiger, a football scout and Basel fan, can help you learn a bit more about the Brazilian

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Sounds decent and probably reasonably priced.

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Could hint Toney is close to leaving

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Excellent. We'll have him for £5m then.

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That tells you everything you need to know.

No it doesn’t. Stop with the ill informed claptrap. Thanks.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Which is why we have entered into a loan agreement....and probably shaped our opinion on him on more than his solitary season in Lisbon.

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reading some reddit forums on this guy from Benfica fans and sounds like they'd probably be up for helping him pack

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Could hint Toney is close to leaving

Exactly and would be a good backup as well.

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fair to say looks like he has under-performed a bit at Benfica? 6 in 28 in the league in a team that finished second in the league?

not sure how many he started though.

It’s not about the goal ratio, it’s what he brings to the team.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

You know, of course, that sometimes it just doesn’t work out for good players at certain teams. That doesn’t make them a bad player. There could be all sorts of behind-the-scenes reasons for a poor season at Benfica. But you can be sure we’ll have done due diligence. Plus it’s a loan, so we get to try before we buy.

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Sign him up we can reignite his career

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Several of our players were signed after having disappointing bigger moves (Norgaard for one). It's sometimes a great way to get a good player for a decent price.

Either way.....a fricking rumour! Let's go!

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Looks proper sh!te in these clips from his time at Benfica this season btw.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsi68Aw4aOA

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#24

He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Is he injured as well?

If so he’s ticking all the boxes.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

Thank goodness we have your inside knowledge and expert opinion. Let’s just hope Phil Giles logs in to the GPG today before he makes a terrible mistake.

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He is terrible. A complete flop and Benfica is desperate to get rid of him just after a year, after paying €20m. That tells you everything you need to know.

I’ll take our scouts over you. Any time.

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fair to say looks like he has under-performed a bit at Benfica? 6 in 28 in the league in a team that finished second in the league?

not sure how many he started though.

To be fair 6 in 28 isn’t a terrible return if you’re not a straight centre forward

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Did he play against us last week?

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It’s not about the goal ratio, it’s what he brings to the team.

Some people will never understand

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I know nothing about the player - I guess the interesting thing to me is that he is purely a striker, not a player who plays across the forward line and it is a loan. This feels like a body to enhance the squad given the Thiago injury that could be made permanent if successful.

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I would rather this guy than Maupay

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You know, of course, that sometimes it just doesn’t work out for good players at certain teams. That doesn’t make them a bad player.

That's right. Everton were "desperate" to get rid of Maupay.... and then he outscored every Everton player last season.

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To be fair 6 in 28 isn’t a terrible return if you’re not a straight centre forward

Only 13 starts out of those 28. 19 goals in 37 starts for Fiorentina the year before.

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Did he play against us last week?

Played the second half.

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To be fair 6 in 28 isn’t a terrible return if you’re not a straight centre forward

You may want to rephrase that…

Or, do you think he’d be taller if he sorts his posture out?

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Interesting. If the translation is correct, is the deal a loan with an obligation to buy, or just an option like Maupay and Reguilon, which seems more probable?

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Only 13 starts out of those 28. 19 goals in 37 starts for Fiorentina the year before.

Lot of benfica fans say he’s been terrible, so who knows?

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Norgaard & Jensen were terrible at Fiorentina and Celta Vigo prior to coming to us. Now they are our best players

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He’s lost his way perhaps but if he was banging them in at Benfica we wouldn’t even be at the table. The guy has some pedigree and maybe just needs a fresh start and some belief again.

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Interesting. If the translation is correct, is the deal a loan with an obligation to buy, or just an option like Maupay and Reguilon, which seems more probable?

A loan with an obligation to buy apparently. But only if he scores a certain amount of goals.

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Lot of benfica fans say he’s been terrible, so who knows?

The smarter ones say he was the wrong type of player for the way Schmidt plays and that he’d work better in a team set up to play with intensity…

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I know nothing about the player - I guess the interesting thing to me is that he is purely a striker, not a player who plays across the forward line and it is a loan. This feels like a body to enhance the squad given the Thiago injury that could be made permanent if successful.

If he came, did a good job while Igor is out and then the two of them competed for the place second half of the season we’d not have any need for debate or worry next season about our lack of strength in depth up front.

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Interesting. If the translation is correct, is the deal a loan with an obligation to buy, or just an option like Maupay and Reguilon, which seems more probable?

Obliged to buy him if he does well enough for us to want to keep him.

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Lot of benfica fans say he’s been terrible, so who knows?

You don’t play for a succession of top teams without being half-decent. I think Mo Salah took the Basel route into Europe…

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Seems a great deal to me, we get someone who can play meaningful minutes while Thiago is out, if he does poorly we’re not on the hook for a load of money, and if he does well we can keep him anyway.

You’d assume the fee won’t be too much either given they paid £17m last year and want rid. Maybe somewhere in the £12-15m region if the permanent part of the loan was put through.

Obvs just a rumour at this stage, but sounds like good planning around Thiago’s injury.

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Seems a great deal to me, we get someone who can play meaningful minutes while Thiago is out, if he does poorly we’re not on the hook for a load of money, and if he does well we can keep him anyway.

You’d assume the fee won’t be too much either given they paid £17m last year and want rid. Maybe somewhere in the £12-15m region if the permanent part of the loan was put through.

Obvs just a rumour at this stage, but sounds like good planning around Thiago’s injury.

As a fellow Brazilian it may also explain why we took Thiago to Portugal even though we knew he was injured.

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Seems a sensible signing after the Thiago injury. He clearly has some quality and if it’s a loan with a low buy option then can’t really go wrong

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I know nothing about the player - I guess the interesting thing to me is that he is purely a striker, not a player who plays across the forward line and it is a loan. This feels like a body to enhance the squad given the Thiago injury that could be made permanent.

And there was me hoping he'd make a full recovery!

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Lot of benfica fans say he’s been terrible, so who knows?

Must be good then.