Find out why Harder chose not to swap Sporting for Rennes | OneFootball

Conrad Harder is very close to signing with Milan, but before that, he was in negotiations to leave Sporting for Rennes.

Before the deal with Milan was practically closed, Conrad Harder already had everything arranged to head to Rennes, with whom he had agreed to a contract valid until 2030. Although the French club was making offers below the amounts requested by Sporting, it was already known that they were willing to reach 25 million euros, but another issue prevented the deal.

According to information reported by the newspaper Ouest-France, later confirmed by A Bola, the millionaire demands of the young Dane’s agent ended up complicating the situation and Rennes refused them. However, even on the morning of this Sunday, August 24, the French officials still believed that Harder would end up joining them.

The problem is that, during that time, the Sporting striker’s agent was in Milan, meeting with Igli Tare, Milan’s sporting director, to finalize the signing of the current ‘number 9’ of the green and whites. This market move ended up being a surprise, since the Dane is afraid of getting few minutes of play with the Rossoneri—a problem he is currently facing at Alvalade.

The Danish player for the green and whites showed he was focused on his task with the lion on his chest. In last Saturday’s match against Nacional, the striker needed only 6 minutes on the field to find the back of the net with a display of great intelligence, scoring one of the goals in the 4-1 thrashing of the island team.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Conrad Harder—valued at 24 million euros—has played in four matches: one as a starter and three as a substitute. In the 103 minutes he has played, the Club of Alvalade’s ‘number 9’ has already scored one goal.

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