Guilherme Fernandes hails Sporting target: "He's a top player" | OneFootball

Souleymane Faye continues to be linked with Sporting. The Granada winger played for Betis B, where he shared the locker room with Guilherme Fernandes, the current starting goalkeeper for Valladolid, who came through the youth ranks at the Alvalade club. Asked to profile the potential new signing for the Lions, the goalkeeper was full of praise for his former teammate – who wants to play for Sporting.

“He’s a very fast player, very strong in one-on-one situations, and has spectacular acceleration. He’s a player who can score and create a lot of assists, he showed that when we played together, as he has the ability to unbalance the game. He’s a top player and we’re talking about one of those wingers who also helps a lot defensively when needed, and I can say he does it very well. He’s a winger who plays more on the left but can also play on the right because he has the versatility to line up on both flanks,” he began by telling the newspaper 'Record'.

Guilherme Fernandes has no doubts about the player’s ability to take on a bigger challenge: “I think he’s ready to make the leap. It’s true that Granada haven’t had a great season, but Faye individually has been one of the club’s pillars. He has clearly shown the quality and talent to make the step up to a team like Sporting.”

Beyond his performances on the pitch, the goalkeeper also highlights Faye’s human side: “He’s one of the kindest people I’ve ever shared a locker room with. He’s a young man with incredible kindness who is always ready to help others. He’s very playful. Off the pitch, he’s five stars. He always wants to work harder to improve, and then he’s still willing to help the younger players. He’ll adapt easily, because Faye is not at all introverted... in fact, he’s very outgoing, so he’ll adapt easily to Portugal. I’m sure everything will go well,” he concluded.

In the current 2025/26 sports season, Guilherme Fernandes – valued at 600 thousand euros – has started 20 matches as Valladolid’s goalkeeper. The 24-year-old keeper spent time in the Sporting youth ranks between 2012 and 2018.

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