Sporting blocked sidelined player’s return at Alvalade | OneFootball

After being 'sent' to Sporting's B team, Jeremiah St. Juste tried to enter the José Alvalade Stadium parking lot to watch the Lions' victory over Kairat, 4-1, but faced major difficulties. Since he is now part of the secondary squad, his car lost access to the parking lot.

According to the newspaper A Bola, aside from that, the reality is that footballers with secondary squad status at Sporting—where St. Juste ended up, by decision of Rui Borges and the management—are entitled to two stand tickets for the games, which were sent to the defender, who in turn, is said to have refused to watch the match in the designated area.

As a result, the Dutchman ended up watching the game from a box, together with first-team players who were left out of the match, such as Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Daniel Bragança, Geny Catamo, and Nuno Santos. The only way he managed to watch the match from that location was with a VIP invitation from a squad member, something that is available to all team players.

It should be remembered that Jeremiah St. Juste joined Sporting in 2022, coming from Mainz, for around 10 million euros. Although he managed to show why Sporting spent that amount, the central defender was never able to establish himself as a starter, largely due to injuries that have always troubled him. The arrival of Rui Borges, and the switch to a system with two center-backs instead of three, ended up reducing the player's opportunities even further.

And the truth is that, in the summer, the situation was very close to being resolved. Although St. Juste intended to stay at Sporting, he was informed that he should find a new club, and even received interest from Besiktas, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Wolfsburg, with Sporting even reaching an agreement with Osasuna and Union Berlin, two options that were ultimately rejected by the central defender.

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