Deal off! Ajax reject Sporting striker's wage demands, he stays | OneFootball

Ajax tried to secure the signing of Martim Ribeiro over the last few weeks. However, the 16-year-old young striker will not be heading to Amsterdam, and will therefore remain tied to the Lions, where he continues to be seen as one of the main prospects.

Despite the Dutch club’s interest, the salary demands associated with the move ultimately made the deal impossible, as the Netherlands side did not want to exceed the wage limits set for its young players, according to the newspaper 'A Bola'.

Brother of Rodrigo Ribeiro, who recently completed a permanent transfer to Augsburg, Martim has been standing out in Sporting’s green-and-white youth ranks. After a remarkable season at under-15 level, in which he scored 28 goals in 28 games, the forward stepped up to the under-17s and once again showed his quality.

In the season that has just ended, the youngster recorded 10 goals and three assists in 24 matches for Sporting’s under-17 side, numbers that confirmed his development. His consistent performances also earned him regular call-ups to Portugal’s youth national teams.

A youth international on 23 occasions, 11 of them for the under-17s, Martim Ribeiro produced one of his most memorable moments in November last year by scoring a hat-trick in Portugal’s 10-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein in a qualifying match for the European Championship of that age group.

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