Leonino exclusive confirmed: Sporting midfielder may be Turkey-bound | OneFootball

Samuel Justo could be on his way to Turkey. Kocaelispor, a club from that country’s top flight, has submitted an offer to Sporting for the 22-year-old midfielder, who is not part of Rui Borges’ plans for the 2026/27 season.

The information was reported by Reşat Can Özbudak. For now, neither the figures nor the other terms of the offer made by the Turks are known, but there is a concrete approach for a player whose departure from Alvalade is being worked on in this transfer window.

The scenario confirms the information first reported by Leonino on June 18. At the time, Samuel Justo did not travel with the first team for the pre-season training camp in Lagos, and the green-and-white hierarchy believes the best path is to find a new destination for the footballer.

After a loan spell at Farense in 2024/25, the midfielder returned to Sporting and joined the B team. The experience in the Algarve fell short of expectations, and Samuel Justo is now preparing to leave the club he joined in 2013.

In the 2025/26 season, Samuel Justo played 32 matches for Sporting B, all of them in the Segunda Liga. In total, the player was selected by João Gião to be on the pitch for 2,547 minutes, during which he scored three goals and provided one assist for his teammates.

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