Sporting try to land 1.95-metre centre-back, drop another target | OneFootball

Sporting remain interested in Djibril Gueye to strengthen the B team. The Senegalese centre-back, just 19 years old and 1.95 metres tall, belongs to Leganés and is seen as an option for the side coached by Tiago Fernandes.

According to newspaper A Bola, the Lions are trying to secure the player on a loan deal with an option to buy. Gueye caught the attention of the green-and-white officials in a friendly played this season between the reserve sides of Sporting and Leganés.

The young centre-back currently plays for the Spanish club’s B team and remains highly rated at Alvalade. The Sporting hierarchy believe the player has interesting qualities to develop in the reserve team and are seeking to reach an agreement with Leganés.

No longer in the plans of the green-and-white hierarchy, however, is Nélio Batista. The 17-year-old midfielder from Marítimo was at one point considered as a possible reinforcement for Sporting’s B team, but that possibility has now been ruled out.

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