Sporting’s stellar signing shaped by Bernardo Palmeiro’s touch | OneFootball

The signing of Luis Suárez by Sporting ended up being one of the most notable in the last transfer market of the lions, also due to the departure of Viktor Gyokeres to the Premier League. In this case, his transfer has now been detailed, after he denied heading to Sunderland or the Middle East.

According to information revealed by the newspaper A Bola, the hiring process of the current 'jersey 97' of the green and whites ended up being simple. After being identified in the lions' market scouting, the player was quickly chosen as the successor of Viktor Gyokeres, who ended up heading to Arsenal the same summer.

The same source reveals that, as soon as Suárez was defined as a target, Bernardo Palmeiro initiated contacts with the player - something authorized by the Spanish emblem. The attacker was promptly satisfied with the proposal presented by Sporting and decided to move to Alvalade, eventually rejecting the other advances that were arriving.

The possibility of fighting for titles and playing in the Champions League end up being the reasons that convinced Suárez, lacking, at this stage, only the agreement with Almeria - which came with the millionaire proposal of the green and whites for the Colombian: 22.25 million fixed euros, plus 5M for objectives, making the forward the most expensive signing ever of the lions.

Now, Luis Suárez is preparing to make his debut in the Champions League. The Sporting will return to the field on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the millionaire competition, will be played at the José Alvalade Stadium and has kick-off scheduled for 20:00.

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