Spanish coach fears player move to Sporting, wants no transfer | OneFootball

Sporting is keeping an eye on Souleymane Faye, a winger from Granada, and has reportedly made a formal approach for the player. The club is looking to strengthen the wings with young talent and sees in the athlete someone capable of adding speed, creativity, and depth to the attack. However, Pacheta, the coach of the Andalusian team, does not want to lose the player.

"I'm not surprised by the interest in him. We have young players with 20 games in the 2nd Division who are standing out because they have tremendous potential and are growing a lot, as we already knew when we signed them in August. I don't want the transfer to happen, but it's not up to me to decide," he said in the preview of the game against Almería.

The coach does not hide that he is indeed worried about losing his protégé in this window: "I prefer to keep the player, but I will always be at the club's disposal. At this moment, he is with us, he is one more, but Sporting buys a lot of young talent and that can unsettle me," Pacheta mentioned.

The signing of Luis Guilherme from West Ham does not stop Sporting's momentum for another winger. The club has reportedly made a 10 million euro offer for Souleymane Faye, a player whose profile is internally appealing to the entire structure, arguments that seem to strengthen the deal, at a time when the competition is focused in Spain.

In the current season, Souleymane Faye — valued at 1.5 million euros — has already played 20 official matches wearing Granada's jersey: 18 in the Spanish second division and two in the Copa del Rey. In the 1,574 minutes he was on the field, the player recorded two goals and six assists.

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