Sporting’s deal with Hidemasa Morita revealed, and there’s more | OneFootball

Sporting, Hidemasa Morita, and the Japanese national team have reached an agreement and made a 'pact' regarding the midfielder's call-ups to represent his country. This comes after last season, when breaks for international duties significantly impacted the player.

According to information revealed by Record newspaper, the green and whites managed to close a deal among all parties so that the Japanese international would not be selected by Hajime Moriyasu for the games against Paraguay (tomorrow) and Brazil (Tuesday), for the Kirin Cup.

Under normal circumstances, Morita would be part of the call-up list, but this would go against the agreement between Sporting, the player, and Japan, which stipulates that the midfielder should be spared not only from the games, but also from the trips between Europe and Asia, as the 'number 5' has not fully recovered since he felt muscle pains against Nacional, in the third round of the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Therefore, the absence of the green and white footballer from the Japanese call-up could be repeated, especially since Japan has already secured its qualification for the 2026 World Cup, so it no longer needs to be at full strength and can spare the Sporting star. The Alvalade Club believes that the injuries the player has been subjected to are highly related to his trips to the national team.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Hidemasa Morita - valued at 11 million euros - has played nine matches. At the start of this season, .

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