Bombshell: Sporting could have registered Jota Silva but made a fatal error | OneFootball

Sporting came very close to securing Jota Silva, another important reinforcement for Rui Borges’ squad, with a view to the 2025/26 season.

Sporting was only unable to register Jota Silva in the Portuguese League because of an email. The Lions had a very intense final day of the transfer window, searching for one last reinforcement for Rui Borges’ squad, and they were very close to succeeding, right on the verge of midnight.

Sporting ended up not confirming the signing of Jota Silva because they were unable to register the player in time with Liga Portugal. However, the newspaper A Bola reveals that the Lions had the opportunity to send an email to the Portuguese organization, which would have extended the deadline to complete the process by another 24 hours.

Liga Portugal detailed this entire process in communiqué no. 42, dated August 25, 2025. The Portuguese body explains that clubs can send an email informing them of the situation, up until 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the transfer window, which would grant them another 24 hours to finalize the transfer. The only thing left to understand is why Sporting did not send that email, a mistake that could prove costly for the Alvalade club.

"Nevertheless, on the last day of each registration period, the registration process may be initiated […] by email, provided that in this case all information must be entered via TRANSFER by the end of the following business day» (no. 5, ibid.), that is, by the end of September 2, 2025," as stated in the document available on the Liga Portugal website.

The following information is also added: "We remind you that the actions carried out on the TRANSFER platform are certified, including the date and second in which they were carried out, through the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, and in the case of email, the moment of receipt at the email address transfer@ligaportugal.pt is what counts".

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