LUIS GARCIA NO BENFICA

It is amazing this kind of business!

Espanyol have received an £8 million offer from Benfica for striker Luis Garcia.

Benfica president Luis Vieira has declared to the Spanish club that the bid for Luis Garcia is the definitive one, and Benfica will not increase offers. Or Espanyol Spanish club accept it or we will find other player.

It is a take it or leave it.

Now that Quique Flores has become the new coach of Benfica, it would be an honour for Luis Garcia to play in the Portuguese club , as he all ready said.

So I hope this finish soon with an happy end for both.

The striker may have played his last game representing the Spanish club in Old trafford yesterday.

The catalan club will respond to Benfica offer tomorow, demanding the almoust 8 million Euros in cash.

Next week when the Spanish club travels to Portugal to play against some Portuguese clubs, Luis Garcia may not return with the team.If the 8 millions Euros offer is accepted, one of the simbols of the Montjuic club will be at Benfica main coach orders in Seixal.

Spanish club president and is director are confident they will be able to keep hold of Spain player Luis Garcia after rejecting the last offer from Benfica.

The 27-year-old forward has been linked with Benfica side since revealing in early July he was keen to join the Portuguese team at Estadio da Luz.

Montjuic club coach Bartolome Marquez and his sporting director Paco Herrera revealed last week that talks had been held with Benfica.

Those talks are reported to have ended in Benfica making an official offer not superior of 8 million euros.

Last Tuesday Spanish president Daniel Sanchez Llibre confirmed an offer had been rejected.

'I'm not going to announce numbers. I'll only state that the offer is far from what Espanyol is asking,' he told Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.

'We're in no rush. We'll see what Benfica do from here.'

He revealed expected Benfica to return with a renewed offer for Luis Garcia.

However, he insisted that any bid that arrived would not be entertained.

'The decision will be reached by Benfica making a final offer and us giving our answer, which will also be final.'

According to reports in the Portuguese newspapers Benfica will now turn their attention to another player,Atletico Madrid's unwanted Jose Antonio Reyes, a Spanish forward.

Atletico president Enrique Cerezo was quoted in Portuguese newspaper as saying: 'There's still nothing agreed, but very soon he should sign.'

Will be this the last episode of Luis Garcia transfer to Benfica?

Luis Garcia arrived yesterday to Portugal but still wearing Espanyol shirt. The forward will play today against Academica ,he left Portela airport in silence even if pushed by Portuguese press to comment the news about is transfer to Benfica.In a rush he got on the bus and left to Coimbra city.

As recent news the deal is on a hold time, the Spanish club directors said that they only accept a 12 millions Euros offer; Benfica is offering less than that so it is a continuous soap for the next days.

The negotiations game will continue with the player closer.... geographically meaning.

Luis garcia personal information

Date of birth:February 6 1981 (age 27)

Place of birth:Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Playing position:Midfielder, Forward

Club information

Current club:RCD Espanyol

Youth clubs:2000-01Real Madrid C

Senior clubs

Years Club App (Goals)

2001-2003 Real Madrid B (73) 38

2003-2004 Real Murcia (38) 11

2004-2005 RCD Mallorca (37) 11

2005- RCD Espanyol (79) 24

2007- Spanish National team (7) 0

Luis Garcia was delighted with the proposal submitted by Benfica and the Espanyol has already knowledge of that fact, and now, admit to having a problem in hand. But Pedro Tomaz, director-general of the Catalans, goes further: he refuses to sell advanced by 7.5 million Euros, but ensures that the club never asked for twice that amount.

! We could not ask the same as Barcelona requested by Ronaldinho, "said to a local radio explaining that, according to the Spanish version, what really happened:" In fact Benfica offered 7,5 millions, we rejected that proposal in writing, saying it was insufficient and, from there, we had no more news. "

The Benfica studying now, alternatives to Garcia, the first option of Quique Flores is Falcao, from River Plate, that will be name that Benfica can attack in the coming hours.

The truth is that, somehow, the "hot potato" is in the hands of Espanyol directors, because the player has already shown willingness to talk about the values that have been submitted by the Portuguese club.

Yesterday was the first game of Eusebio Cup in honour of the KING as Eusebio da Silva Pereira is know in Portugal ,Italian club Inter Milan coached by Jose Mourinho and where still plays at an high level 35 years old Luis Figo was the first guest club to this cup.

Benfica directors intend to expand to another two or three clubs next year and give to Eusebio Cup the correspondent status.

The Nerazzurri beat Benfica on penalties at the Da luz stadium where Portuguese club still played without is most wanted forward Luis Garcia.

Maybe this week we have good news about this as Luis Garcia intends to come to Benfica.

Óscar David Suazo Velázquez is the player that Rui Costa choose to replace the striker Luis Garcia when the the deal with the Spanish club was aborted last week.

Suazo joins Benfica on loan froam Inter Milan until the end of this season.

Club fans and Quique Flores wope that this will be a good choice for Benfica strike the Portuguese championship this year.