The Portuguese coach has a midfielder at Al Wahda and an agreement between club and player is on the horizon. As far as we know, the player, who is in Portugal to support his parents who were in a car accident this week, will have a two-season contract and a net salary of two million euros.
Pizzi’s departure from Benfica is nearing completion: Al Wahda, the team now coached by Portugal’s Carlos Carvalhal, are very close to signing a deal with the Reds’ Portuguese player.
Negotiations have progressed so far in the past few hours that it is expected that everything could be finally closed between the parties early next week, according to O JOGO. The idea is that once everything is properly settled, the contract details are in place and the medicals are done, Pizzi will travel to Austria, where Al Wahda is currently training.
With no place at Roger Schmdidt’s Benfica and after half a season already on loan at Turkey’s Basaksehir, Pizzi could start a new life here. Created under the badges of Qatar, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, Al Wahda was the club that quickly met the expectations of the 32-year-old midfielder: one of the aspects that the Portuguese footballer wanted to keep was a two-year contract, not just one, that should be from the side of the club led by Carvalhal. As for wages, she should also provide two million euros per year.
While waiting for him at Al Wahda, in case everything closes as expected, Pizzi will be coached by Carlos Carvalhal, a coach who knows him well from his years in Portuguese football and who demanded the hiring of a player who, remember, did not travel with the Benfica team to Switzerland to support parents who were hit by a car this week.
