Luís Pedro Sousa on Zalazar: I can't see Sporting paying €30m | OneFootball

The amount Sporting invested in Rodrigo Zalazar - 30 million euros - is one of the moves Luís Pedro Sousa is questioning. The journalist stresses that this investment makes no sense, especially for a player who did not play a single minute for Uruguay at the World Cup.

"I can't understand how Sporting pays 30 million for Rodrigo Zalazar, a player who didn't even play a minute at the World Cup for Uruguay. A team that proved not to be one of the strongest at this World Cup, and was therefore eliminated from a relatively easy group. They had Spain, but then there was Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia," he began by saying on the program 'Record na Hora', on Now.

The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Record reinforced his opinion. " Zalazar is a good player, he fits perfectly into Sporting's squad and, I think, even as a starter. Now, 30 million — I think Sporting, in this matter, perhaps because of the desperation of the last two seasons, is starting to throw money out the window", he said.

Luís Pedro Sousa argues that Sporting are overloading the midfield. "Sporting are signing too many midfielders, and regardless of whether Hjulmand leaves, it seems to me that what happened over the last two years (injuries in the squad) has led to a certain desperation in this matter," he said.

To conclude, the journalist said that the Club is overdoing the amounts being spent. "Sporting managed to win the domestic double, even though the warning signs were there, and now they are going a little overboard with it, it's a bit like 'after famine comes feast', and then there's the money that is being spent", he concluded.

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