Rui Costa: Last News

Manchester United's hopes of beating Liverpool to a deal for Darwin Nunez earlier this year were unexpectedly and bizarrely dashed - after Benfica president Rui Costa postponed a transfer meeting due to food poisoning.United were one of a host of top European clubs who were mulling over a mega-money move for Nunez, who struck an incredible 26 league goals in 28 games for the Portuguese giants last year. But it was Liverpool who beat their Premier League rivals to a deal for the 22-year-old who put pen-to-paper at Anfield last week.Almost a week on from Nunez's £85million switch to the Reds, fresh details have emerged about the deal - including how United's hopes of stealing a march in the race for the Uruguayan hotshot were dented by an unusual excuse.According to The Athletic, the United hierarchy were set to hold talks with Costa before Nunez bagged goals in both legs of Benfica's Champions League quarter-final clash with Liverpool.

Manchester United have reportedly had a bid of £51.23m rejected by Benfica for the signing of Joao Neves.

England at Euro 2004 - which saw crazy goalkeeper Ricardo go rogue in the shootout.England were dumped out by Portugal on penalties at both the European Championship and the World Cup two years later, with Ricardo proving the hero on each occasion.After a 1-1 draw in normal time, Rui Costa fired the hosts ahead in extra-time before Frank Lampard levelled proceedings to send the quarter-final tie to spot-kicks.Three Lions captain David Beckham sent the first effort of the shootout flying over the crossbar, but Costa then did exactly the same with Portugal's third.Three more successful penalties came from both sides before Darius Vassell stepped up for England, and Ricardo famously chose to remove his goalkeeper gloves when facing him.The

Don't wait 30 years - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!Benfica stars including Jan Vertonghen were caught out by some intrusive television footage on Sunday.After their Primeira Liga clash against Santa Clara was abandoned due to adverse weather, a camera shot pointing inside the dressing room spotted the backside of an unnamed player who was getting changed.The match was called off after just six minutes due to a worsening storm, and is due to be restarted on Monday afternoon - but some players could be left annoyed at their recent exposure.Shortly after the pictures were shown on tv, Portugal legend and Sporting Director Rui Costa stormed onto the pitch with his phone in hand to try and get some answers from those in

Former Benfica manager Rui Vitoria has revealed that Victor Lindelof almost missed out on a move to Manchester United because of a key decision on his future.