Oliver Glasner wants Sporting to budge on Diomande, Varandas warns | OneFootball

Sporting and Nottingham Forest are still unable to reach an agreement for the transfer of Ousmane Diomande. Sporting’s SAD is refusing to release the centre-back for less than €40 million fixed, plus €5 million in add-ons.

The Premier League club has still not gone beyond €38 million guaranteed, offering a further €4 million in bonuses linked to the player’s sporting performance. The gap between the two sides continues to keep the process stalled, despite the desire to complete the deal quickly.

The 4-1 defeat against Sporting increased the pressure on the English set-up. Oliver Glasner called for greater speed in bringing in reinforcements and issued a warning to the squad, in comments to the BBC: "I’ve already warned the players that I was hearing too many complaints in training, and champions are not made with excuses like the pitch is dry or it’s too hot. You have to accept the challenge and overcome it."

The Ivorian wants to resolve his future quickly and hopes to join Nottingham Forest before the friendlies against Udinese and Barcelona. At Alvalade, there is calm, since the succession to the 'number 26 shirt' has already been prepared with the signing of Ibrahima Ba, although the SAD is maintaining its financial demands to close the deal.

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