Bombshell: Sporting missed out on Jota Silva due to fatal error | OneFootball

Sporting was only unable to register Jota Silva in the Portuguese League because of an email. The Lions had a highly intense last day of the transfer window, searching for one final reinforcement for the squad under the orders of Rui Borges, and came very close to achieving it, right on the verge of midnight.

Sporting ultimately did not confirm the signing of Jota Silva because they were unable to register the player in time with Liga Portugal. However, the newspaper A Bola reveals that the Lions had the opportunity to send an email to the Portuguese body, which would have extended the deadline to complete the process by another 24 hours.

Liga Portugal detailed this entire process in communiqué no. 42, dated August 25, 2025. The Portuguese body explains that clubs can send an email informing of the situation, up until 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the transfer window, which will grant them an additional 24 hours to finalize the transfer. It remains only to understand why Sporting did not send that email, a mistake that could prove costly for the Alvalade club.

"Nevertheless, on the last day of each registration period, the registration process may be initiated […] by email, and in this case, all information must be entered via TRANSFER by the end of the next business day» (no. 5, ibid.), that is, by the end of September 2, 2025," the document, available on the Liga Portugal website, states.

The following information is also added: "We remind you that actions performed on the TRANSFER platform are certified, including the date and second in which they were performed, through the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, and in the case of email, the moment of its arrival at the email address transfer@ligaportugal.pt is what counts".

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