Diogo Leite blocked troubled player from leaving Sporting for good | OneFootball

Horst Heldt, sporting director of Union Berlin, addressed the club's market in a press conference and confessed that Jeremiah St. Juste was one of the targets of the German emblem. However, the permanence of Diogo Leite in the squad made the Dutchman's departure from Alvalade impossible.

"Diogo Leite wanted to leave and can still leave the club as there are markets that are still open. In fact, he even stopped training to avoid the risk of injury. Our goal was to form a short and young squad. As Diogo did not leave, we did not want to expand the group," explained the director of Union Berlin.

Jeremiah St. Juste was persistently pointed to a possible departure from Alvalade, and was even given as practically certain in the Spanish Osasuna, but, for now, he will remain in the Alvalade Club, with whom he has a contract for another year, that is, until the summer of 2026.

The relationship between Rui Borges and St. Juste deteriorated from the match of the past season at home with Arouca (2-2), in which he did not inform that he did not feel in the best physical conditions and made a ridiculous pass which resulted in an own goal by Rui Silva. The player has now been demoted to the B team.

In 2024/2025, St. Juste - valued at 6 million euros - played 28 games with the Sporting jersey: 14 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, six in the Champions League, five in the Portuguese Cup and three in the League Cup. In total, the defender accumulated 1,385 minutes, without having scored or made any assists.

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