DAVID LUIZ REVEALS PERRENGUE THAT HE PASSED BY SIGNING WITH BENFICA AND HELP FROM IVETE SANGALO

One of the biggest highlights of Tite's Flamengo, David Luiz told an unusual story that he lived with singer Ivete Sangalo. The defender of Mais Querido revealed in an interview with "The Players Tribune", that the artist helped him in negotiations with Benfica (POR). 

At the time, aged 20, David Luiz, revealed by Vitória, was negotiating with the Portuguese club. However, he faced problems traveling to Portugal and it was the singer who saved him, by lending him a jet.

"He went to see a jet, there was no jet available, which was the only jet that was available in Salvador? Who has a jet in Salvador? Think about it: Ivete. The only jet available was from Ivete Sangalo. We got on the plane. the whole procedure. My passport, ticket, on the runway, from the runway I was going to get into the plane. The guys had done the whole thing."

"Okay, there we are (inside the jet), and the pilot says: “come here old man, where are you going? Are you going to São Paulo, then where are you going? Don’t worry, I’m going to refuel the aircraft, we’re going to go up and we’re going to get there on time. ”.

"Then Júlio (manager) for me, quietly, “never missed a show, but he was always late, he can be late at a show, man”. He did that whole thing, went to refuel, great, we flew. We land in São Paulo and this is a movie: we get off the plane, well, we get off the jet, we jump on the jet, Júlio jumps out with his suitcase, his suitcase hits the floor, it opens. Then the guy comes and gives us the bag with his passport, my tickets and everything and says: the problem is which plane you're going to take is that one over there", and points to the plane leaving, just like in a movie -, he said .

DAVID LUIZ'S PASS TO BENFICA

David signed with Benfica to join the squad. Having signed the contract before carrying out the tests, the Portuguese club was unaware of the injury. defender. Failed in the medical department, the player started to arrive three hours before training, train and stay another three hours after the activities.

The Mais Querido defender stayed at Benfica from 2007 to 2011. For the team. Portuguese, the defender won Primeira Liga titles in the 2009 - 2010 season and the League Cup in the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons.