Sporting reject offer for keeper from Ligue 2 club this window | OneFootball

Diego Callai received an offer from Saint-Étienne this summer to leave Sporting. The French club wanted to sign the goalkeeper on loan, with an option to buy included in the deal, but the move ultimately did not go through.

According to newspaper A Bola, the figures put on the table by the Ligue 2 club were not enough to convince those in charge at Sporting. Even so, a temporary departure for the keeper remains a possibility in this final stretch of the transfer window.

Sporting’s idea is to find a loan move for Callai that allows him to play regularly, preferably at a top-flight club. The 22-year-old goalkeeper is looking to take the next step in his career after representing Feirense on loan in the second half of 2023/24.

Diego Callai has been at Alvalade since 2015 and has come through all of the Lions’ youth ranks, but he is still waiting to make his debut for the first team. In June, his naturalization process was also completed.

Rui Silva and João Virgínia remain, for now, ahead of Diego Callai in the goalkeeping pecking order. The future of the latter also remains open, since Sporting are willing to negotiate the departure of their ‘number 2’ if an offer comes in that suits both the player and the SAD.

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