The departure of Matheus Nunes caused an internal shock at Sporting. Not for the sale itself, which he was taking care of for a few weeks, nor for the value itself, which reached what had been set as the minimum bar to free the player, but for the sake of moment and its contours at a stage when it seemed certain that an eventual match would only happen to a Premier League team other than Wolverhampton (who had already been rejected before). Until the Dragon game, alternatives to the midfielder were not thought of because the focus was on the classic. Now they start running.
Now it’s official: Matheus Nunes at Wolves for €45m (and a contract just like the one he turned down earlier)
In the first instance, and also with the prospect of being able to return Pedro Gonçalves to the land he occupied before coming to Alvalade (and which he even stepped on in the preseason, when Rúben Amorim definitively opted for a position in attack in 3x4x3 or as a midfielder more advanced in a 3x5x2 scheme), the idea was to guarantee the signing of a player for the intermediate sector and, if possible, one later. However, a renewal ended up changing those initial accounts.
“It was sold for basic club items. Management makes decisions, I am an employee”, says Amorim about Matheus: “Me, incoherent? Never”
The permanence of Jovane Cabral in the club, having been reinstated even before the classic and the renewal announced this Tuesday, made the club’s attention focus solely on reinforcing the midfield that previously did not have the injured Daniel Bragança (in addition to João Palhinha and Matheus Nunes). instead of one, two midfielders must arrive Alvalade in the next few days. And some names are already beginning to circulate in the foreign press, while others remain closed among those responsible for Leos.
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Sotiris Alexandropoulos was pointed out this Tuesday by the Greek press as a potential reinforcement from León, in information that was confirmed to the Observer, although with the exception that no type of agreement was closed. The 20-year-old defensive midfielder, who did all his training at Panathinaikos until being promoted to the senior team of the Athens club, international A since 2021, was the subject of a first proposal rejected but the second offer is closer to what the Greeks intend: four million fixed euros, 500 thousand after 20 games, another 500 thousand after 20 more games. The doubt remains the possibility that part of the player’s pass will remain at Panathinaikos for a future transfer.
???? Panathinaikos have rejected a €4 million offer from Sporting Lisbon for Sotiris Alexandropoulos. The Greens gave the same response to Hellas Verona’s €3.7m enhanced offer. [Sport24] pic.twitter.com/AXrgKBDrbz
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The Greek midfielder was one of several players identified by Sporting, in Europe and South America. The possibility of betting on an element that had to go through a longer period of adaptation ended up being left aside, with other midfielders referenced in the European market who were probed but scratched by the value that the pass requested. Even so, according to information gathered by the Observer, there is more than one option besides Sotiris Alexandropoulos, being very likely that the choice, being possible in terms of budget, could fall on a Portuguese player.
Source: Observadora
