Varandas has a plan for Sporting’s midfield in the transfer market | OneFootball

Frederico Varandas has already decided that Hidemasa Morita will stay at Alvalade in the next transfer window. Sporting is already thinking about the winter market, but more than just giving reinforcements to Rui Borges, the green and white management is concerned about the interest in key players of the Lions’ squad.

It should be remembered that Hidemasa Morita is in the final year of his contract, meaning the winter market would be the last opportunity for Sporting to make a financial gain from the Japanese midfielder. However, the player is one of Rui Borges’ favorites, which changes the situation.

Therefore, Sporting is willing to keep Hidemasa Morita at almost any cost. At a time when Turkish side Besiktas are openly showing interest in the green and white player, the Sporting management has reportedly decided, according to the newspaper A Bola, that they will only let go of the midfielder if a very high offer arrives at Alvalade.

The truth is that Hidemasa Morita is perfectly integrated into the Sporting squad, as well as into Rui Borges’ style of play. That is why the green and white coach sees the midfielder as a very important piece in the quest for the third consecutive championship. Frederico Varandas seems sensitive to this situation and prefers to bet on sporting success rather than making a financial gain from the player.

"Morita impressed me a lot when playing against him. When we work with the players, we are even more impressed. He has intelligence well above average, makes very good decisions. I was impressed," were the words of Rui Borges about the Japanese international midfielder, in one of his first press conferences as Sporting’s coach, proving that, as he has stated from the beginning, the Japanese player is one of his favorites at Alvalade.

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