Sporting spent nearly half a million euros on a third-tier player | OneFootball

Sporting recently secured the signing of Catarino Pascoal, an 18-year-old midfielder from Atlético. The youngster is seen as one of the most promising prospects in Portuguese football and represents a strategic investment by Sporting’s SAD for the future.

The Alvalade club paid around €450,000, according to the newspaper 'A Bola', to secure the midfielder in a deal that became the biggest transfer ever involving a player from a Liga 3 club. The fee is even considered low given the potential identified by Sporting’s officials.

Catarino Pascoal signed a five-year contract and will begin his journey with the B team, where he will have the opportunity to continue his development. The goal is to gradually integrate him into the professional football structure and bring him closer to the first team.

At his presentation as a Lions player, he did not hide his satisfaction at representing the club he supports. "Making my debut at Alvalade one day is every athlete’s dream" and he also assured that he would "give everything of myself, always my very best" to achieve that goal.

The midfielder also revealed how he developed throughout his training years and explained his style of play: "I started out as a forward and then gradually dropped deeper on the pitch until I settled as a midfielder. I’m a player who really likes to run, I’m always in duels and I like to 'hunt' for balls".

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