🚨 Benfica lodge €20m offer to sign Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton. Bid for 24yo centre-back falls below valuation & rejected but #SaintsFC open if price right. Marco Silva wants England int’l + player keen on #SLBenfica possibility @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/FTotYaLotY
Southampton → Benfica · Summer 2026
It did not happen
last read 17% before it was settled
- Rumoured12 Aug
- Talks—
- Agreement—
- Medical—
- Done—
What was actually said
2 posts in 1 claim, grouped by stage and direction.
Reported as being in talks
Advancing2 reports, led by @David_Ornstein@JacobsBen had it first, 3mo ago1 other post, 1 other source on the same claim
- @JacobsBen3mo ago ↗
Benfica are also in talks for Southampton's Taylor Harwood-Bellis as another option.😇 https://t.co/un7OxLe7JP
Why it read 17% before it settled
Starting pointbefore any evidence, from the stage reached
+20
David Ornstein advancingtrust 0.75, 91% faded, repeating (2nd to say it, 50%)
+1
Competing destinationshe cannot sign for two clubs
−3
1 further reporteach worth under half a point
Completion probability
17%
Each report is weighted by how often its source has been right.
Probability over time
- −142mo agonews on a rival destination
- −72mo agono new post: we re-read the reporting
- −32mo agono new post: we re-read the reporting