Signing of centre-back Jeremy St. Juste was the first foray into the responsible lion market. Major investment, Ruben Amorim’s top priority even before the sale.
Sporting, like any Portuguese club, is a seller and if some of the most desirable players in the team such as Matheus Nunez, João Palinha, Pedro Porro or Gonçalo Inácio leave the presidency of Frederico Varandas, he could reach the €300m mark. . in player sales – not forgetting, for example, Pedro Gonçalves…
So far, taking into account the market operations since the winter of 2018/2019 – Varandas replaced Bruno de Carvalho in September 2018 – Sporting have already earned just over 217 million euros. If you add Nuno Mendez’s 47 million to that cost (7 for a loan and another 40 for a put option to be exercised by PSG), the SAD over three and a half years and seven market windows equates to just over 264 million, so player sales this summer are quite can reach 300 million euros.
Bruno Fernandes’ £55m paid by Manchester United remains the biggest sale in sports football history, followed shortly by Nuno Mendes. And even in the 2019/2020 season, by merging the two markets, SAD’s coffers were fuller: summer and winter sales exceeded 100 million euros (nearly 107 million). Last season, the revenue from the sale of players almost reached 50 million…
If SAD can sell €300 million worth of assets in this market, then with the hiring of Jeremiah St. The total investment since he became president of Sporting exceeds 100 million, that is, about a third.
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