Update on Geny Catamo’s contract talks with Sporting | OneFootball

Geny Catamo is said to have already signed his contract renewal with Sporting. The player has been one of Rui Borges’ pillars in 2025/26, ranking among the ten most-used players, with 27 matches and 1,620 minutes played. However, it was from the end of December 2025 onwards that the Mozambican international clearly increased his numbers in goals and assists, both for the club and the national team.

Beyond this natural phase of inspiration, there is a relevant factor that helps explain this rise in performance: the winger renewed his contract for one more season, tying him to the Lions until 2029. Just a few days before traveling to Morocco to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations with Mozambique, the foundations of the agreement were set, with only the formalization pending. The deal has since been completed, with the player extending by one year the contract that was due to end in 2028.

The revision also resulted in a significant salary increase, with Geny now earning between 700,000 and 750,000 euros per season, compared to the previous 400,000. The release clause remains at 60 million euros, the amount set in the previous renewal, made official in December 2023. As this is mainly a contractual update reflecting the player’s importance to the team, the usual public ceremony with Frederico Varandas is not planned.

Coincidence or not, since then the ‘number 10’ has strengthened his influence in the final third. In the AFCON, he scored two goals and provided one assist in four matches for the Mambas. Back at Alvalade, he added three more goals and one decisive pass. With half the season still to play, he is approaching the best records of his career: his current six goals are close to the seven he reached in 2024/25, and his four assists nearly match the five from 2023/24.

The renewal of Geny Catamo was secured even before the turn of the year, but it was not an isolated case. In recent months, the Sporting SAD has been working on the continuity of several key players for Rui Borges. Pedro Gonçalves renewed in October, Gonçalo Inácio in December, and Ousmane Diomande in January – all with contracts until 2030. The agreement with Francisco Trincão is also well underway, as Record reported on the 4th of this month.

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