{"id":536178,"date":"2026-07-11T10:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/536178\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:29:08","slug":"marco-silva-wants-joao-palhinha-reunion-as-new-benfica-boss-eyes-reunion-with-midfielder-after-spurs-decide-against-permanent-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/536178\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Silva wants Joao Palhinha reunion as new Benfica boss eyes reunion with midfielder after Spurs decide against permanent transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benfica have turned their attention to Palhinha after completing the signings of Clement Lenglet and Jakub Kaminski. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/benfica-confirm-jose-mourinho-s-exit-as-marco-silva-agrees-to-replace-real-madrid-bound-boss-at-estadio-da-luz\/blt184e19614705fa30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">Silva<\/a> has identified the Portugal international as his preferred defensive midfielder as he looks to strengthen the heart of his squad, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abola.pt\/noticias\/mercado-benfica-marco-silva-quer-um-6-e-gosta-muito-de-palhinha-2026070922080744559\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">A Bola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Silva and Palhinha worked together at Fulham between 2022 and 2024, with the midfielder establishing himself in the Premier League during that spell. Benfica&#8217;s hierarchy, including Rui Costa and Mario Branco, are now assessing whether a deal can be completed within the club&#8217;s financial limits.<\/p>\n<p>Palhinha joined Bayern Munich from Fulham for \u20ac50 million in 2024 before spending last season on loan at Tottenham. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/tottenham-refuse-trigger-joao-palhinha-permanent-transfer\/blte5f257d7b56d3678\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">Spurs have decided not to make the move permanent<\/a>, leaving Bayern willing to listen to offers as they seek to recover around \u20ac20m of their investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benfica have turned their attention to Palhinha after completing the signings of Clement Lenglet and Jakub Kaminski. Silva&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14532,36837,14537,85,46,244381,75898,244382,2619,105,4028,9461],"class_list":["post-536178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bayern-munich","tag-benfica","tag-bundesliga","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-j-palhinha","tag-liga-portugal","tag-marco-silva","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}