St. Juste to leave Sporting, German move depends on Portuguese player | OneFootball

The German club is expected to move forward in the coming days to sign Jeremiah St. Juste, but Sporting’s defender depends on the sale of another defender.

Union Berlin is expected to move forward in the coming days to sign Jeremiah St. Juste. The 28-year-old center-back is not part of coach Rui Borges’ plans and has the Bundesliga as his likely future. However, the Sporting defender’s move depends on Diogo Leite being sold to Fiorentina to open up a spot in the German club’s defense.

Rui Borges’ player, it should be recalled, was very close to joining Osasuna; he even traveled to Pamplona to discuss the details of the deal, but a disagreement over the length of the contract and issues related to tax details prevented the transfer from being completed.

Union Berlin stepped up, putting the same 3 million euros on the table that Sporting had agreed with Osasuna, to secure Jeremiah St. Juste, who is about to leave the green and white club at the end of this August.

Although the player’s departure is increasingly certain, he did not want to leave the green and white club, as our newspaper has already reported, exclusively. Physical weaknesses never allowed the player to fully establish himself in the starting eleven, in addition to earning a salary considered excessive for the few minutes played.

In 2024/2025, St. Juste – valued at 6 million euros – played 28 matches 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 accumulated 1,385 minutes, without scoring or providing any assists.

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