DOUBLE UPDATE -  Spaniard Quique Sanchez Flores has been named Freddy Adu’s new head coach at Benifica, the 4th since Adu’s transfer to the Lisbon giants.

Flores‘ resume includes solid spells at Getafe and Valencia, where Dutchman Ronald Koeman replaced him.  Koeman had coached Benfica just a few years ago.

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UPDATE - Looks like Benfica has pulled out of the race to capture Sven as their new (returning) head coach.

It’s looking as if there’s a chance that Sven Goran Eriksson might be on his way back to SL Benfica, the team he coached twice before from 1982-1984 and then again from 1989-1992.

Freddy’s been at Benfica since the summer of 2007 and has already been coached by Fernando Santos, Jose Antonio Camacho and Ex-player/Interim Chalana, who he’s seen little to no time under.

Eriksson has been known to develop great, young talent and it would be a huge opportunity for the 18 year old to continue to grow. And don’t forget about contacts that Sven has.

Maybe something bigger and better if he does well? What about all that tail that Sven brings around?

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With Jose Antonio Camacho resigning his post as head coach of Portuguese side Benfica, all eyes have focused on Manchester United’s #2 Carlos Queiroz.

The Mozambique born Queiroz has worked with Portugal’s Youth National Team setup at the U-17 level, Sporting Lisbon, NY Metrostars, Grampus Eight, UAE, South Africa and now with Sir Alex Ferguson’s announcement that he’s not going anywhere anytime soon, you have to wonder if the opportunity to head back to Lisbon might be too strong to turn down.

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After dropping more points in a 2-2 draw at home against bottom club Uniao Leiria, Jose Antonio Camacho formally resigned as head coach of BWINLiga side Benfica.  The once powerful club sits 14 points behind Porto and has been struggling for sometime under the Spaniard, who had managed Real Madrid before his time with Benfica.

With Freddy Adu away with the US Olympic Team for Qualifiers in Tampa, one has to wonder what kind of affect this will have on his situation being the second coach he’s gone through in his short time with the club.

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