Sporting seal deal: details emerge on Rodrigo Ribeiro’s loan move | OneFootball

The deal is closed and there is no room for doubt: Rodrigo Ribeiro will indeed leave Sporting to strengthen Augsburg. The young striker will be loaned to the German club until the end of the season, in what is now a well-defined operation.

The central point of the agreement concerns the purchase clause, set at six million euros, reports the newspaper Record. This option will become mandatory if Rodrigo Ribeiro plays a certain number of matches for Augsburg, targets that were previously established between the two clubs. In addition to this amount, Sporting has also secured a percentage of any future sale of the player, thus protecting itself financially in the event of the striker’s value increasing on the international market.

The move comes in a context where Rodrigo Ribeiro was unable to consistently establish himself in Sporting’s first team. The strong competition in the attacking sector, with names like Luis Suárez and Fotis Ioannidis, limited the space for the young Portuguese international, who ended up splitting his time between the main squad and the B team throughout the season.

This will be the third loan of the striker’s career, after stints with Nottingham Forest and AVS SAD. At 20 years old, Rodrigo Ribeiro – after the recent rumor – now seeks to make his mark in a highly competitive league, while Sporting maintains strategic control over an asset with a contract until 2028 and clear room for growth.

This season, wearing Sporting’s shirt, Rodrigo Ribeiro – valued at 2.5 million euros – has played 14 matches: 11 for the B team and three with the main squad. In total, the striker has accumulated 861 minutes, during which he scored five goals and provided one assist in Liga 2.

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