With Ruben Amorim’s stay practically confirmed by himself at the title celebration, at Marquês, Sporting has been working for weeks with a very well-defined plan to reinforce the squad for the next season. O More football knows that at least three targets are very well identified on the market. There are already some movements behind the scenes.
In the final stretch of his contract, Adán will leave and will then be replaced by an experienced goalkeeper, in direct competition with Franco Israel. The lions still keep the name of the new guardian confidential, but our newspaper knows that the negotiation in question is very well underway.
Waiting for offers for Gonçalo Inácio and/or Diomande, who are of interest to English football, the Alvalade team is ready to move on for Belgian central defender Zeno Debast, from Anderlecht. The young 20-year-old defender is valued at between 15 and 18 million euros.
In attack, Greek goalscorer Fotis Ioannidis, from Panathinaikos, is the first option to replace the departure of Paulinho or Gyokeres – the first of them is the one with the most likely transfer, since the second’s release clause is set at 100 millions of euros.
The search for other reinforcements will depend on possible departures. There are at least two players who are authorized to look for a new solution for the immediate future: Ricardo Esgaio, permanently, and Koba Koindredi, on loan.
Of the athletes currently on loan from Sporting, only one, in principle, is guaranteed a return: Mateus Fernandes, who played 34 games at Estoril, with one goal and three assists.
