Diogo Luís on St. Juste’s Sporting row: someone isn’t telling the truth | OneFootball

After all the drama, Diogo Luís questions Sporting's stance on the Jeremiah St. Juste case

Diogo Luís has given his take on the situation faced by Jeremiah St. Juste at Sporting. With his contract about to end, the 28-year-old defender rejected a series of offers to leave Alvalade in this last transfer market and, apparently, his situation should only be resolved when the window reopens in January. The commentator suggests that one of the parties is not telling the truth.

“In simple terms, Sporting tried to find a solution for St. Juste, but none pleased the player who, within his rights, refused the approaches presented. The transfer market closed in most countries and we had developments,” he began by stating to the newspaper A Bola.

Next, Diogo Luís raises the question about which version of this drama is correct. Whether it's the one told by Jeremiah St. Juste himself, or Frederico Varandas: “Sporting decided to place the player in the B team. The way it did has two different versions, one from the player and one from the administration. I can't figure out which one is telling the truth. What I can interpret is that this whole process was poorly managed”.

“Moreover, he leaves in the air the suspicion that the player's demotion to the B team is a punishment for having rejected the offers presented and a way to pressure him to accept being transferred to one of the markets that are still open. Nowadays, this type of decisions should not exist,” he added.

Diogo Luís ends his article raising a doubt and questioning whether the decision of the President of Sporting was the most correct: “Frederico Varandas addressed this issue and stated that St. Juste is the fifth option in his position and that Sporting only needs four solutions. He also mentioned that it does not make sense to have a player as a fifth option earning what St. Juste earns. The question that arises is: does it make sense to have a player who earns what St. Juste earns playing in the B team?”.

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