Sporting reject Geny Catamo bid, winger may leave earlier than hoped | OneFootball

The Mozambican Football Federation has responded negatively to Sporting’s request, and Geny Catamo will indeed leave the Alvalade club after the match against AFS, corresponding to the 14th round of Liga Portugal Betclic, which takes place next Saturday, December 12.

Sporting had asked the Mozambique national team to release Geny Catamo from the training camp before the Africa Cup of Nations. The green and white player would thus be free to participate in the match against Santa Clara in the Azores, for the Portuguese Cup.

However, the Mozambican Football Federation did not grant the Lions’ request. Chiquinho Conde, the national coach, wants to have all the players at the training camp before the competition, in order to fine-tune all the details for the Africa Cup of Nations – recalling that Rui Borges spoke about the subject at a press conference.

Sporting’s request was not unique. The Mozambican Football Federation received several communications of the same nature, and therefore, decided not to make exceptions for any club, refusing to release any of its players.

Thus, Geny Catamo will play his last match for Sporting in 2025, in the game against AFS at Alvalade. The player will then join the rest of the national team squad for a training camp in the Algarve, before starting the continental competition, which kicks off on December 21 and runs until January 18, 2026.

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