The Danish Casper Tengstedt is a mobile striker and arrives from Rosenborg, with Benfica’s SAD paying an amount close to seven million euros, plus six million if the 22-year-old player reaches the targets set in the negotiation.
Norwegian Andreas Schjelderup, just 18 years old, is an attacking midfielder, but he also plays on the wings. He will arrive from Nordsjaelland, where he has played for the last three seasons. Benfica will pay ten million euros, plus five million for goals, to buy the pass for the striker who is expected in Lisbon in the coming days.
Coach Frederico Pereira Morais knows these two players well, having been an assistant coach at Sarpsborg in Norway.
In an interview in TSFdescribes the young Norwegian, Andreas Schjelderup, as “a player who fits the game that Benfica has shown”.
“He is a striker who is easy to dribble with and knows how to overcome one-on-one situations, when you say that Benfica needs a player with these characteristics and he knows how to come out from the line, enter and create breaking and diagonal plays”, explains the Portuguese coach, adding “that reminds me of a Simão Sabrosa from other times”.
Frederico Pereira Morais, works in the top flight of Norwegian football, as an assistant at Sarpsborg and is therefore also well acquainted with the Dane Casper Tengstedt, who played for Rosenborg.
Casper Tengstedt’s record stunned Norwegian football, where he made 14 appearances and scored 15 goals. Frederico Pereira Morais describes this addition to the eagles as “a spearhead, a born finisher who likes to get his opponents out of the way to score goals.”
“He has a lot of intelligence in the game and in his movements in the penalty area. He is very aggressive in those movements near the goal, ”he adds.
Benfica found its first reinforcements in this winter market. Casper Tengstedt is already in Lisbon and Andreas Schjelderup will arrive in the next few days.
Source: TSF
