Still no signs of life. Starting to wonder if he'll just be sold this summer instead of possibly loaned to MLS, but the fact that he's still not even making the bench for the B-team suggests he's still not healthy. Very worrying, I thought he was on a good trajectory after a decent showing at the u20 World Cup this past fall...
Season is over for both teams in Portugal. Still no signs of life: not in training photos / video for either team, not in social posts, and nothing specific in injury reports (he just remains "out with injury"). Absolutely miserable year for the kid. He's still talked about highly in Benfica social media, but the reality is that he played just 402' for all club teams... I guess if you had to take positives away from this year, 2 goals in 5 B team games is quite respectable for a CB? Joshua is under contract through 2028, but the Benfiquista posters are split between "if he's just going to be injured all the time, sell him now to an MLS club to profit from the investment" and "he's still the CB with the most potential on the b-team and we should try to integrate him into the first team" Best thing that could happen in the next few weeks is Mourinho leaving so that Wynder can start with a totally clean slate when the preseason camp connives... assuming he's healthy!
It's been given a "here we go!" post, but I don't think either club has released any real confirmation, and (of course) there are all kinda of rumors floating about that would seem contrary to the narrative that he's gone (eg. he was spotted attending a Benfica u23 match yesterday)
okay, some juice alleged from the Serbenfiquista forums... via Google Translate: I don't put a TON of stock into the claim of an online rando, but this does more to explain why neither the A team nor the B team has discussed his injury in months... and given how the club had radio silence while Joshua was dealing with visa renewal at the start of the season, it's impossible to rule it out as the ravings of a crazed fan.