Benfica´s Coentrao extends contract until 2016

Portugal international Fabio Coentrao has extended his contract with Benfica by one year until the summer of 2016, the Portuguese champions announced on Monday.

The 22-year-old left-back, who starred for Portugal at the World Cup in South Africa, was reportedly the target of a 20-million-euro transfer bid by Bayern Munich in the off-season.

But the Lisbon club refused to part with the player, for whom they wanted at least 30 million euros.