Leonino exclusive: Sporting may offload midfielder before contract ends | OneFootball

Sporting have already decided Rafael Besugo’s future. According to our newspaper, in an Exclusivo Leonino, the midfielder from the B team is not part of the plans of the structure led by Frederico Varandas for next season and will be ‘moved on’ in the summer, bringing his spell with the Lions to an end.

The player’s sporting situation is complicated, as he has been plagued by several injuries over the last few seasons, greatly hindering his development at the Alvalade club. Besides being out of João Gião’s plans since the end of January, even before that he had still not managed to find his place in the team, seeing very limited playing time.

For that very reason, Sporting’s board believes the 22-year-old player’s cycle has come to an end. Despite having renewed his contract in July 2025 for another two years, Besugo’s future does not appear to lie at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

As such, the green-and-white structure is expected to end its connection with the player one year earlier than initially expected, after the midfielder completed his entire development at Sporting, progressing through every youth level.

In the current season, playing for Sporting, Rafael Besugo - valued at €200,000 - made a total of 13 official appearances for the B team. In the limited 253 minutes he was on the pitch in Segunda Liga matches, the midfielder registered just one assist.

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