Bashir Issá says Sporting regular had offers to leave in January | OneFootball

Geny Catamo shone in Sporting’s 3-0 victory in Moreira de Cónegos with a great goal. His friend Bashir Issá, who has closely followed the Mozambican international for two years, revealed that the player received offers to leave, but refused because he wants to become a three-time champion with the Lions.

“It was a fantastic goal and Geny will score many more. The freer and more advanced he is on the field, the more goals he will score,” said the agent to the newspaper ‘Record’, linking his goal-scoring form to the system implemented by Rui Borges.

“Geny spent a long time running up and down the entire flank... backwards. This playing system suits him very well. They can play like this against Porto and count on another goal from him,” guaranteed the owner of the Nómada restaurant group, which operates in Portugal and Mozambique.

Bashir Issá believes that the ‘number 10’ will surpass his current record: “If this is his best goal tally, you can be sure he’ll beat it. He’s happy, he’s content, his mind is completely on Sporting. He had several offers to leave in January. Concrete offers, with numbers and everything, but he chose to stay because he wants to be a three-time champion. He’s calm, happy with life, emotionally well, he had a little scare against Porto, but recovered quickly. He’s being well managed. He played 20 minutes in the previous game and, in this one, asked to come off at the end to recover better. And on Friday, he’ll be in the starting lineup again.”

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Geny Catamo – valued at 15 million euros – has played 29 matches. In the 1,726 minutes he’s been on the pitch, the left-footer, who is under contract until June 2028, has scored seven goals and assisted his teammates on four occasions.

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