Sporting play down Jeremiah St Juste situation | OneFootball

On the sidelines of the press conference previewing Sporting - Kairat, valid for the first round of the Champions League - which takes place this Thursday, September 18, at 8:00 pm -, Zeno Debast was asked about the situation of Jeremiah St. Juste, but chose to stay out of the problem.

"It's something between him and the club, it's not something I should talk about", said the Belgian international, in statements to Sport TV, after the controversy during the transfer market, which ended with the Dutch central defender in the B team of the green and whites.

Moreover, Debast also addressed the moment he is going through at the Alvalade Club: "I try to keep my feet on the ground and work hard on the aspects that I still need to improve. There are always things to improve, I am young and it's normal".

Recall that Jeremiah St. Juste arrived at Sporting in 2022, from Mainz, for about 10 million euros. Despite having been able to demonstrate why Sporting spent that amount, the central defender never managed to establish himself as a starter, largely due to injuries, which always plagued him. The arrival of Rui Borges, and the switch to a system with two central defenders, instead of three, ended up taking even more space from the player.

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

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