Sporting won't extend Rui Borges' player's contract, exit now certain | OneFootball

There’s no turning back now: Hidemasa Morita is indeed going to leave Sporting at the end of the season. Since he made it clear that he does not intend to renew, the Japanese international will see out his contract and move on from the Alvalade club.

With this part settled, the main concern for the green and white management is to go to the market for a midfielder—the most important window will be the summer, but the possibility of the Lions finding an option in January has not been ruled out.

The Japanese midfielder made the decision to leave Sporting last season, so now he only has a valid contract with the Lions until June 2026. One of Morita’s main goals is to move to the Premier League, but there are no offers in that direction.

According to the newspaper A Bola, the Alvalade club has not made significant progress regarding the ‘number 5’, much less received offers close to the 10 million euros requested to allow his departure. If previously the Lions thought they might still convince Morita to renew, now it is the club’s management that prefers to simply let his contract run out—especially since he is not going through his best phase.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Hidemasa Morita—valued at 11 million euros—has made 14 appearances. At the start of this season, the Japanese international midfielder.

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