With Porto and Sporting on alert, Matheus Reis set to leave Alvalade soon | OneFootball

Matheus Reis is preparing to head to Russia, where a contract with CSKA Moscow awaits him, offering a net salary of 3.5 million euros per season. The player has everything in place to terminate his contract with Sporting, but before that, he will still be among Rui Borges’ options for the classic against Porto, scheduled for Monday at 8:45 p.m. at Estádio do Dragão. It will be on that stage that he is expected to play his last game for the Lions.

The 30-year-old defender’s contract with Sporting ends at the end of the season, and in the meantime, he has received an offer from the Moscow club, which is owned by the state bank ‘VEB.RF’, an entity banned from negotiating with Western companies due to the war in Ukraine. For this reason, in order to sign with CSKA, the player must first terminate his contract with the Alvalade club.

The situation was presented by Matheus Reis to the board of Sporting’s SAD, which chose not to create obstacles and showed willingness to allow his departure on a free transfer, considering the amounts involved. The decision also takes into account the options available in the squad until the end of the season, with alternatives for the position, namely Maxi Araújo and Ricardo Mangas on the left flank, and Eduardo Quaresma, Ousmane Diomande, Zeno Debast, and Gonçalo Inácio in central defense.

The only request made by Sporting’s management was for the player’s availability to still play in the classic against Porto, a condition promptly accepted, given that the winter transfer window in Russia remains open for registrations until the 19th of this month.

In total, since joining the Sporting squad from Rio Ave, Matheus Reis has already played 222 matches, during which he scored three goals and provided 11 assists. The player is also one of the most versatile in the squad, playing both as a center-back and as a left-back.

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