St. Juste says he loves Sporting, but blasts the Lions' board | OneFootball

Jeremiah St. Juste left Sporting in January, joining Feyenoord on a free transfer, after a spell marked by several physical problems. Now, the centre-back has opened up about his departure from Alvalade and criticized the way the process was handled.

“That club is in my heart, despite everything, and I’m grateful to those people. It’s simply a great shame that things ended the way they did,” began the 29-year-old player, who does not hide his affection for the Lions’ badge despite the way his time in Lisbon ended.

“These kinds of things happen almost everywhere, when football becomes a business and personal interests come into play. If you are that business, it’s hard to separate it from the person. When it comes to business, to money, you have to separate something that cannot be separated: the footballer and the human being,” he explained in an interview with the Dutch magazine Voetbal International.

The player then made a more direct criticism of the way clubs communicate difficult decisions to players: “And when that happens... That’s probably why clubs sometimes struggle to deliver bad news face to face. Even though that is exactly what every player needs: just honesty. Eventually, the pain fades,” he said.

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