Luís Maximiano finds a new club, ex-Sporting keeper heads far from Portugal | OneFootball

Luís Maximiano, former goalkeeper of Sporting, is set to strengthen Neom, from Saudi Arabia. The Portuguese player is about to leave the Spanish side Almería and will sign a contract valid for four seasons, until 2029, with the newly-promoted club to the first division.

According to Fabrizio Romano, a journalist specializing in transfers, the 26-year-old footballer has everything agreed to be officially announced by his new club in the coming hours, since he has not played a single minute this season in the second tier of Spanish football.

As our newspaper previously reported exclusively, the current goalkeeper of the Andalusian team was one of the names considered by Sporting to replace Franco Israel, but the price demanded by the Spanish club made the transfer unfeasible. Sporting then opted for João Virgínia.

The story of Neom. Founded in 1964, under the name Al Suqoor, the club had never managed to reach the highest levels of Saudi football. However, it was refounded in 2023 by the country's government, which handed management over to the construction company responsible for building the future city of Neom.

Luís Maximiano - valued at 3 million euros - played 36 matches for Sporting, winning a National Championship (2020/21), a League Cup (2020/21), and a Super Cup (2021/22), leaving in 2021/22 for around 5.5 million euros to join Granada. Last season, he appeared in 30 matches for Almería.

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