Sérgio Krithinas on Sporting exit: Raise my commission... | OneFootball

Jeremiah St Juste was demoted to Sporting’s B team and is in conflict with the Club. Sérgio Krithinas admitted that the fact some players ‘liked’ the central defender’s post is due to the relationship within the squad, and revealed that the Dutchman’s brother tried to increase his commission during negotiations with Osasuna.

“Most of the players have shared a dressing room with St Juste for a long time. It’s natural that they form a friendship. I understand why they did that, but many of them probably didn’t even read it to the end. It was almost automatic for them to ‘like’ it,” said the executive director of Record newspaper, on CMTV.

Krithinas revealed offers for the player and how his brother influenced the deal: “The fact that St Juste deleted the message is very significant. What I know happened in recent days is that there were advanced negotiations and concessions from Osasuna and Sporting and also with St. Pauli.”

“Negotiations with Osasuna even seemed dead a few days ago, but they came back to life on Monday night, the last day of the transfer window. There was that possibility and St Juste said, ‘I don’t want to go’, but, from what I know and I say this with great certainty, his brother, who is St Juste’s agent, sent a message on Sunday to an Osasuna official saying ‘if you increase my commission, I’ll convince my brother to go there’,” he revealed.

In 2024/2025, St. Juste – valued at 6 million euros – played 28 games for Sporting: 14 in Liga Portugal Betclic, six in the Champions League, five in the Portuguese Cup, and three in the League Cup. In total, the defender played 1,385 minutes, without scoring or making any assists.

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