Benfica released the loan agreement with Beşiktaş to justify the non-payment of wages to Brazilian attacking midfielder Anderson Talisca.
The goal from Anderson Talisca that prevented Benfica’s victory over Beşiktaş on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League has been one of the talking points in the Portuguese press. The celebration of Talisca after the decisive goal in second-half stoppage time and his claims that Benfica did not paid his salary in July, when his daughter was only six days old, have angered Benfica. In social networks, the profile of Talisca’s wife Anna Paula Ramos was invaded by racist insults.
On Talisca’s statements regarding the failure in paying the salary of July, Benfica leaders accused the player of lying. For this, they came to disclose the loan agreement signed with Beşiktaş, where it’s mentioned that Benfica will not have to pay the player any amount for the period of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. But the agreement is dated on August 21, which could just confirm the claims of the attacking midfielder that he didn’t receive the money until six days after the daughter’s birth, on August 9.
In an interview with newspaper Record, Nuno Oliveira, one of the representatives of Talisca, said that the player needed the help of friends at the time of his child’s birth. He said: “When the daughter was born, Benfica did not pay him, he ran out of money and needed the help of friends. He’s a 22-year-old, neither he nor his wife wanted to leave Portugal. They were perfectly matched, the daughter was born here. He’s not a mercenary, he’s more concerned with family welfare.People think that a football player is different from another worker. What happens if it was the end of the month and your company does not pay you? I’m sure you would also have difficulties, no?”