Bruno Fernandes on Sporting's stance on Maxi Araújo exit: Not under... | OneFootball

Journalist Bruno Fernandes believes Sporting will not let Maxi Araújo leave for less than €60 million. Along those same lines, the pundit gave an update on the possible departure of the Lions’ number 20, stressing that it is in the Club’s “interest” — with controversy dragging on — to keep the Uruguayan full-back.

“Maxi is an asset Sporting want to keep because they see him as a special player, one who gives everything in training, a player who is having a magnificent season and will probably break all his records,” he said on Record newspaper’s podcast.

“Maxi has an €80 million release clause. Therefore, it would take something extraordinary, perhaps on the level of what happened with Gyökeres when he went to Arsenal, for Maxi to leave. And in that case, I believe Sporting would accept anything above €60 million,” he stressed.

“However, Sporting are interested in keeping Maxi, not least because they cannot all leave. The same goes for Francisco Trincão and Geny — in other words, not everything goes. There are players identified who could indeed leave, and there are others who would only leave if offers came in that were, as I said, perhaps extraordinary by Sporting’s standards,” he concluded.

This season for Sporting, Maxi Araújo — valued at €25 million — has made 35 appearances: 21 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, nine in the UEFA Champions League, three in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup and one in the Super Cup. In the 2,787 minutes he has been on the pitch, the winger has scored six goals and provided four assists.

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