Sporting have bid for Nestory Irankunda turned down by Watford | OneFootball

Nestory Irankunda is getting closer and closer to joining Sporting. The Australia international winger is one of the Lions’ main attacking targets, and the offer submitted by the green-and-white SAD exceeds the €11.7 million offered by Celta de Vigo.

According to Sky Sports, with higher offers from Sporting and Hull City on the table. Newspaper A Bola adds that negotiations with the Lions are very well advanced.

Sporting’s first offer is believed to have been around €15 million, while the English club want around €20 million, to which the Lions are said to have responded with €15M+€5M. The parties are now trying to get closer in order for the deal to be completed over the next few days.

Watford are also said to have bought a further 10% of Irankunda’s economic rights from Bayern Munich, after the player swapped the Bavarians for the Championship club last summer. The move allows the English side to secure a larger share of any future sale.

In the 2025/26 season, his debut campaign for Watford, Nestory Irankunda - valued at €8 million - made a total of 42 appearances. In the 2,211 minutes he was on the pitch, the winger, who is under contract until 2030, scored four goals and provided four assists.

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