Sporting want Lazio centre-back, but Italians won't make it easy | OneFootball

After Ibrahima Ba, Sporting are looking to sign Oliver Provstgaard, Lazio’s young Danish centre-back. The 1.94-metre-tall, 89 kg player has been taking on an increasingly important role with the Italian club’s first team. Even so, Frederico Varandas will not have an easy task.

Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports that the officials of the team that finished 9th in the 2026/27 Serie A season immediately informed the Sporting board that they have no intention whatsoever of negotiating the Danish international’s transfer.

After failing to qualify for European competitions, the Rome-based side had no option but to make sales to balance their finances. However, it appears that Mario Gila’s move to Milan, managed by Ruben Amorim, for a fee of around €30 million, has covered virtually all the needs identified.

Born in Copenhagen, Oliver Provstgaard took his first steps in football with Vejle BK, where he showed promise from an early stage, so much so that he had the chance to make his first-team debut when he was just 18 years old, on 14 April 2022, in a 2-1 defeat away to Odense BK.

The move to Lazio came in January 2025, for a fee in the region of €4.5 million. At the time, he signed a contract valid until June 2029, which was recently renewed until 2031, along with a salary increase to more than €1 million per season.

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