Joao Mario has signed a five-year contract with Benfica the Lisbon club announced on Tuesday, a day after Inter terminated the Portugal midfielder’s contract.
The 28-year-old has won 45 caps for Portugal and started in the final as the country won the 2016 Euros but he was not part of the Euro 2020 squad.
He joined Inter in 2016 for a reported fee of 45 million euros (50.3 million dollars) and made 64 appearances but also went out on a series of loans. He spent time at West Ham in 2017-18 and at Lokomotiv Moscow in 2019-20.