Official: Sporting confirm Luis Phellype (striker) from Pacos Ferreira and Francisco Geraldes recalled from loan. Phellype scored a hat trick in his last game, hopefully he carries over that form: https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias...cado-sporting-clube-de-portugal-futebol-sad-0 https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias...nicado-sporting-clube-de-portugal-futebol-sad Rumours: Sporting interested in Spanish player Ibai Gomez from Alaves.
Official: Marcelo (CB) leaves for MLS to play for the Chicago Fire. We get around 500K for the player. https://www.sporting.pt/pt/noticias...nicado-sporting-clube-de-portugal-futebol-sad Never really got a chance with 2 different coaches. Hopefully we could bring back Demiral whose on loan in Turkey and has a ridiculous 3.5M buy out option. He could definitely be the 4th CB. Otherwise maybe promote Tiago Djalo. Hopefully we also can strike deals to sell Viviano, Misic and Castaignos at the very least. Also Alan Ruiz's loan ends and he returns to SCP in January so hopefully we could make something from him (although we will likely never make up the money we spent for him). As for rumours, the Adrien to SCP rumour won't go away, with us trying to strike a loan deal with Leicester.
Nope. Two more deals, Rafael Barbosa and Elves Balde loaned to Pacos Ferreira until the end of the season. Probably related to the Luis Phellype transfer.
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Today's rumours is that Liverpool 18 year old striker Rafael Camacho is potentially joining us on loan.
We've signed David Wang, an 18 year old winger from Wolves for our U-23 team, but he's only on loan until end of the season. This one makes no sense, why sign a player on loan for our reserves? Then I remembered that its probably related to Jorge Mendes.
Marcel Keizer confirmed that Viviano is leaving Sporting, saying that it would be best for him to leave so that he could play. He is being linked with a move to SPAL in Serie A on loan. Rumours keep swirling that Monaco is interested in buying Acuna for 15M. Although the player isn't technically gifted as a winger and paying 11M for him was exaggerated, I think it would be a mistake to sell him now especially since there isn't a viable backup. As for players coming in, Rafael Camacho on loan to Sporting rumours are intensifying. The 18 year old Liverpool forward did start his youth career with us before going to England. Not sure personally how this is an upgrade, particularly if he comes on loan without an option to buy. A Bola says Adrien is closer to coming to SCP. I have a feeling this one will be a novela until the end of January.
Yeah not a fan of this at all. We should be using the U-23 to develop our own talent. But its probably all part of getting on Mendes good side since we cut ties with him before. Might even be something agreed upon with the Patricio deal.
This deal makes no sense and has shadieness written all over it. Another rumor that's a head scratcher is Acuna to Monaco for 15 mil and Camacho to SCP on loan with a buy option for 15 mil. How does a 18 year old who's never played a big league game have a 15 mil loan buyout option? Doesn't make sense. The common denominator in all this is Jorge Mendes.
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Well look at all the youngins that have left benfica in the past few years. None of them really played for Benfica, all of them left on loans with weirdly high buy options and all of them were bought. Coincidentally all Jorge Mendes. I bet if we do buy Camacho its gonna be on a deal where Mendes owns like 98% of his pass. Agents shouldn't be allowed to have this much power. It really needs to be regulated. Beyond all that, seems really weird to buy someone for 15mil when we let that same person go for probably a few grand just a couple years ago...
Agreed, but lot of those young players from benfica played a couple of games for benfica. Guedes, Gomes, Sanchez, Oblak, etc.. they had at least a couple of caps. Camacho apparently hasn't made his debut yet. No team is going to by a players from someones academy for 15 mil without any big league games.
Just realized I posted this in the wrong thread. Heh. Those players played regularly for at least a season (except Gomes I think). In any case, I don't like these super-agents but its what we have in the football world right now. I just hope we at least try and save our own interests.
Theres players like Bernardo Silva and Cancelo who I don't think even made their debuts. Either way I doubt Camacho will play and we don't have the money to buy him so... Gotta say, very very weak moves by Varandas to start the transfer season. I mean BdC signed anything and everything regardless of talent but he never made us a B team.
Ouch, pretty harsh after only 4 days of the window being open. Pretty sure I can find several posts of you criticizing BDC's transfers as well so..... Too early to make that judgement. Relax.
lol you just quoted me criticizing BdC's transfers. Signing anything and everything regardless of talent wasn't meant to be a compliment. True though, long month ahead. I just have always really hated developing other teams youngsters. Just goes against what Sporting should be imo.