One-time Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea coach, Bruno Lage, given four-year Benfica contract

A general view during the UEFA Champions League Group E match between SL Benfica and FC Bayern Muenchen at Estadio da Luz on September 19, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Lage was part of Carlos Carvalhal's backroom teams at Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City.

coach Bruno Lage of SL Benfica during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 match between Galatasaray SK and SL Benfica at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on February 14, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.

One of Carlos Carvalhal's coaches at Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City has been given a four-year deal to lead one of Europe's biggest clubs.

Bruno Lage was made interim boss of Benfica at the start of the year and was later rewarded with a contract until the end of the campaign.

 

But after winning 10 out of his first 11 games in charge - including the recent 10-0 win against Nacional da Madeira - the Eagles have chosen to take action.

 

Lage, who began the season as coach of Benfica's B team, has reunited with another member of Carvalhal's Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea backroom team at Estadio da Luz.

Jhony Conceicao, who worked as a video analyst at Hillsborough and the Liberty Stadium, has since assumed the same position in Lisbon.

Carlos Carvalhal manager

Carvalhal twice led Sheffield Wednesday to the Championship play-offs, and very nearly kept Swansea in the Premier League against the odds.

Nevertheless, the 53-year-old remains out of work nine months after his departure from the Welsh side.

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