Rui Borges on Morita leaving Sporting: no beating about the bush | OneFootball

Hidemasa Morita was recently linked to Besiktas, which apparently intends to sign the player as early as January. Rui Borges was confronted with this possibility and also about Sporting’s transfer market, with ongoing doubts regarding Ousmane Diomande.

"Very honestly, I’m really not thinking about the January transfer window. I’m thinking about December, which is going to be very intense. We’ll have decisive games in the Champions League, important matches in the league, and we want to finish first. I assure you, this isn’t just talk, I really don’t think about the market. I’m super calm regarding the market because we have a very well-prepared structure. I’m very focused on the team and the guys we have available," he began by saying, on the sidelines of the preview for the Portuguese Cup.

Next, Rui Borges addressed the cases of the two players more specifically: "To be honest, I’m not going to talk about the market, sorry to repeat myself. The January window is very misleading, the best players don’t leave anywhere, and then there are adaptation periods. As for Diomande, he played 90 minutes, we’ll see if he goes to AFCON or not. About Morita? It’s normal that there’s interest, he’s a great player, he’s in the final year of his contract and it’s normal that there’s interest, but I see him very committed to helping until the end of the season."

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Hidemasa Morita – valued at 11 million euros – has played 14 matches. At the start of this season, the Japanese international midfielder.

Sporting will be back on the pitch this Saturday, November 22, against Marinhense. The match, part of the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team from Marinha Grande, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade at 18:00.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.