Benfica showed interest in Jaouen Hadjam, a 23-year-old Algerian left-back, during the period when the club was looking to strengthen the left side of their defense. Glorioso 1904 revealed, exclusively, that the player was one of the names considered by the Eagles for this position.
The Portuguese club reached out to Young Boys, the Swiss club where the player was playing, to understand the conditions needed to complete the transfer. However, the negotiations did not progress beyond this initial contact phase.
Young Boys demanded a sum exceeding 10 million euros to release Hadjam, an amount considered too high by Benfica. Faced with this financial demand, the club from Luz decided not to proceed with the negotiations and abandoned the race for the player.
Hadjam ended up joining Brighton, leaving behind the possibility of reinforcing Benfica. With the negotiation failed, the Eagles changed their plans and secured the signing of another player for the position, whose name appears incomplete in the article.
