Oscar Cardozo bundled home a late equaliser for Benfica as Jorge Jesus's side salvaged a 1-1 draw with Olympiacos in their Champions League Group C clash in Portugal. Alejandro Dominguez had given the visitors a 29th-minute lead in torrential rain at the Stadium of Light and the Greek side clung onto their lead until seven minutes from time when Cardozo struck. The result leaves both teams loc...Full Story »

Cardiff will have to offer closer to £15million if they want to succeed in their bid to prise Oscar Cardozo away from Benfica. The Paraguay international is leaving the Portuguese club after a public bust-up with coach Jorge Jesus. A move to Fenerbahce fell through after they failed to agree on wages and the 30-year-old is also on Manchester City's list of potential targets. However, Cit...Full Story »

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has turned his attention to Brazil striker Fred and Benfica's Oscar Cardozo after personally pulling the plug on a move for Roberto Mancini's favourite striker Edinson Cavani. Pellegrini, who is given the final say on transfers at the club despite the role of director of football Txiki Begiristain, does not want City to break the bank for Cavani after N...Full Story »

ESTADIO DA LOOSE ... Oscar Cardozo MANCHESTER CITY are monitoring striker Oscar Cardozo’s row with Benfica as they hunt for a replacement for Carlos Tevez. Cardozo is one option being looked at by new City chief Manuel Pellegrini after the Paraguayan’s spectacular bust-up with boss Jorge Jesus. The Portuguese giants value their hitman at around £14.5million. But they may be ...Full Story »

The Paraguay international saw off the Turks' challenge with two goals to seal the hosts' passage to Amsterdam on May 15th in a frenetic second leg clash Benfica will play Chelsea in the Europa League final after seeing off Fenerbahce 3-1, to seal a 3-2 aggregate success in a breathtaking semi-final second leg at Estadio da Luz. Nicolas Gaitan fired the hosts in front after nine minutes, lev...Full Story »

Chelsea and Everton have been handed a transfer boost following reports that Benfica forward Oscar Cardozo has yet to agree a new deal with the Portuguese club. As reported by talkSPORT last month, the Paraguayan, whose deal at the Stadium of Light expires in 2014, was set to sign a new contract but talks appear to have stalled over the forward's demands. He is believed to have requested a s...Full Story »

Chelsea and Everton target Oscar Cardozo is reportedly set to extend his contract at Benfica - and will have an astonishing £47.7m buy-out clause, according to reports in Portugal. The Paraguayan has become a crowd favourite at Benfica since joining the club in 2007 but had appeared to be on his way out. But Record newspaper have claimed that the 29-year-old is set to stay with the Port...Full Story »

Chelsea and Everton target Oscar Cardozo has been told he can leave Benfica, according to reports in Portugal. The striker has scored more than 100 goals for Benfica since joining the club five years ago, but the Paraguayan has allegedly been told he is free to leave as they look to cut their wage bill. With Chelsea and Everton both credited with an interest in Cardozo, competition is likely...Full Story »

Benfica captain Luisao is looking forward to balmier conditions when his side host Zenit St Petersburg in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. The Portuguese team trail 3-2 from the first match, which was played in freezing conditions at the Stadion Petrovskiy, with Roman Shirokov scoring his second goal of the night to win the game after Oscar Cardozo had levelled late on. De...Full Story »

Benfica denied Heiko Vogel a win in his first Champions League game in charge of Basle after a confident display in a 2-0 victory at St Jakob-Park. Bruno Cesar opened the scoring in the 20th minute before Oscar Cardozo's second-half goal sealed the win ahead of Emerson's 86th-minute dismissal to take the Portuguese side top of Group C. Basle slipped to third following Manchester United's 2-0 w...Full Story »