Sporting at breaking point over Irankunda, seeks alternative | OneFootball

The deal to bring Nestory Irankunda to Sporting has entered a delicate phase and is at risk of collapsing. Sporting’s SAD has lost patience with Watford’s intransigence and has already activated a Plan B to strengthen the left side of the attack.

According to newspaper A Bola, the English club is demanding a fixed €20 million, while the green-and-whites’ offer remains close to €15 million, with no signs of the two sides moving closer.

There are no obstacles on the player’s side. Irankunda has already given the green light to the transfer, informed Watford that he wants to play for Sporting and hopes the clubs can reach an agreement, but that desire has still not been enough to unlock the negotiations.

His use in the friendly against Brentford was seen as another sign that the Championship club does not expect the process to be concluded imminently. Sporting want to resolve the matter in the coming days and refuse to raise their offer simply to meet the English club’s demands.

Faced with the deadlock, Sporting’s officials have intensified their assessment of other options to fill the gap left by Pedro Gonçalves’s imminent departure. Nestory Irankunda remains a possibility, but if Watford do not budge, Sporting are prepared to definitively walk away from the deal and move for another target.

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