Sporting complicate Kochorashvili's future, set terms for exit | OneFootball

Giorgi Kochorashvili is not part of Rui Borges’ plans for the 2026/27 season, but Sporting are not willing to make the midfielder’s departure easy. Despite interest from Getafe and Sevilla, the club’s management is only open to negotiating a permanent transfer.

According to newspaper A Bola, the Georgia international is still in Portugal, contrary to reports published in Spain, which claimed he was set to undergo a medical at Getafe. Kochorashvili was at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy on Friday morning and missed the friendly against Nottingham Forest due to a minor physical issue.

Getafe want to take the Lions’ ‘number 14’ on loan, but the green-and-white hierarchy are looking to recoup the investment made in his signing. Sporting paid €5.5 million to Levante and forked out another €1 million after securing qualification for the Champions League.

Sevilla have also shown interest in a loan deal that would include a mandatory purchase clause at the end of the season. However, the SAD led by Frederico Varandas remains uncompromising and, at this stage, does not intend to accept any solution other than the immediate sale of the player’s registration rights.

Giorgi Kochorashvili arrived at Sporting at the start of last season, but failed to establish himself under Rui Borges, making only 26 appearances and totaling 972 minutes in the 2025/26 season. His fluent command of Spanish should make any potential return to the country where he began his European journey, at the age of 17, in Girona’s academy, easier.

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