Benfica meet with agents of target wanted by Liverpool

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Benfica are looking to acquire a Liverpool target whom reports claimed the club were going to make a bid for. Image Credits: Imago Images Late last year, we brought you reports from Brazil that Liverpool were keen on Grêmio midfielder Gabriel Mec.

This came after Mec had already turned down a €13m move to Shakhtar Donetsk despite Grêmio accepting the bid, the player deciding the timing was not right to leave Brazil, which only increased the feeling that a Premier League giant could eventually be his next step. They report that both Benfica and Sporting have set their sights on Mec, with his representatives already in Lisbon holding talks and listening to the sporting projects on offer from interested clubs.

At the same time, it’s note that Liverpool’s expected €15m bid has still not formally arrived, leaving the door open for these Portuguese “middle men” clubs to step in and position themselves as the next launching pad in his career. If Mec does land in Lisbon rather than Liverpool, the pattern is easy to predict.