Sporting finalising Souleymane Faye deal, completion imminent | OneFootball

The transfer process of Souleymane Faye from Granada to Sporting is in its final stages. According to the Spanish newspaper Ideal, the two clubs are already in the document exchange phase, which opens up the possibility of the deal being definitively closed by this Thursday.

With the agreement imminent, the 22-year-old Senegalese winger is expected to receive authorization to travel to Lisbon in time to attend the match against Casa Pia, scheduled for Friday at 8:15 PM at Alvalade, for the 18th round of the League.

Sporting will pay around 6.5 million euros for the player, who will sign a contract valid for four and a half seasons, until June 2030, with a release clause of 80 million euros. Granada also safeguards 15% of the capital gain in a future transfer.

It should be noted that the negotiation process suffered some delays due to uncertainties in the payment plan and the fact that the Andalusian club's owners are Chinese and negotiate from China. The time zone — with differences exceeding 12 hours — has forced Sporting to wait for prolonged responses from Wuhan DDMC Football Club Management Co., Ltd, the main investor of Granada, contributing to the delay in closing the dossier.

This season, wearing the Granada jersey, Souleymane Faye – valued at 1.5 million euros – played 21 games: 19 in the Segunda División and two in the Copa del Rey. In the 1,649 minutes he was on the field, the forward, who had a contract until 2029, scored two goals and made six assists.

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