Nuno Saraiva on Sporting regular's exit: an excellent deal | OneFootball

Nuno Saraiva believes that the transfer of Francisco Trincão for 45 million euros is an excellent deal for Sporting and argues that fans should take the possible departures of important players in stride.

In his latest opinion column for the newspaper 'A Bola', the former communications director of the Lions praised the strategy followed at Alvalade: "If Francisco Trincão is sold for around 45 million euros, we will be looking at yet another excellent deal. (...) If, in the coming weeks, the departures of Pedro Gonçalves or Daniel Bragança are confirmed, joining the already completed exits of Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Geovany Quenda, Sporting fans will inevitably feel a void. (...) But it is precisely because we are grateful to them that we should look at these departures without dramatizing them. Great clubs do not live off players. They live off projects".

The consultant also praised the way the Board has been steering the Club’s course: "Today there is a management team that does not make decisions to win the next headline or to feed the permanent anxiety of social media. It governs with a much more important concern: ensuring that Sporting Clube de Portugal remains competitive five, ten or fifteen years from now. (...) Sustainability was never just a pretty word to put in financial reports. It is a management culture".

Nuno Saraiva also highlighted the example of Viktor Gyokeres to illustrate Sporting’s ability to identify talent: "The case of Viktor Gyokeres is even more telling. A footballer signed for around 20 million euros who now generates revenue already exceeding 70 million represents an extraordinary operation. Not only because of the numbers, but because it shows that Sporting can identify talent before others do, develop it and create wealth without losing competitiveness".

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