Benfica are notorious for flipping and they cut their losses too. So it is not a cut and dry case.
If I recall we wanted to loan him back to Ligue1 but he thought it was a backwards step to go back to France and refused a move.
Then after the loans he wanted to leave the club and not be loaned anymore.
So one of those cases where he wasn't mature enough and needed to have his ego checked.
Very talented player though, couldn't play in a back two for a number of years, and the second best defender behind Dante when playing under Gaultier.
Haven't watched him this year (maybe a PSG match that I can't recall) so if he made another stepup then fair play.
Said years ago that he should have been signed and groomed in the B team together with Araujo. But probably he would have refused that step and gone for Juve, having been a first team player for Toulouse before (again) being dropped coz of his attitude.
So yeah, one of the few that's surprisingly not on the club in my book. And good on them to both sell AND get a decent % sell on fee.
