Souleymane Faye set for official Sporting unveiling | OneFootball

Souleymane Faye is already on national soil to finalize his move to Sporting. His official announcement as a new Sporting player is scheduled to happen the day after the European match against PSG, allowing the immediate focus of the team to remain on the Champions League.

The Senegalese winger landed in Lisbon yesterday, with the immediate priority of undergoing the necessary medical exams. The second winter signing will proceed with the usual formalities, but the signing and presentation ceremony will only take place on Wednesday, the day the winger will also have his first training session under Rui Borges.

The integration of Souleymane Faye is expected to be swift. The expectation of Sporting's technical team is that the new signing could be an option for the next match against Arouca, related to the 19th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, presenting an ideal opportunity for the player to start gaining competitive rhythm in the national championship.

The transfer was agreed for a value around 6.5 million euros, demonstrating the confidence of the Sporting board in his immediate potential. In the established agreement, the Spanish club also secured the right to 10% of any future profit from the player's sale. Sporting decided to protect the contract with a release clause set at 80 million euros.

With the Andalusian club's jersey, Souleymane Faye - valued at 1.5 million euros - played 21 games: 19 in the second division and two in the Copa del Rey. In the 1,649 minutes he was on the field, the forward scored two goals and provided six assists.

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