Rui Borges on Morita leaving Sporting: no beating about the bush | OneFootball

Hidemasa Morita was recently linked to Besiktas, which apparently intends to sign the player as early as January. Rui Borges was confronted with this possibility and also about Sporting's transfer market, still with doubts about Ousmane Diomande.

"Quite honestly, I don't even think about the January market. I think about December, which is going to be very intense. We will have decisive games in the Champions League, important games in the championship, we want to finish first. I assure you it's not nonsense, I really don't think about the market. I am super calm about the market because we have a very prepared structure. I am very focused on the team and the guys we have available," he began by saying, on the sidelines of the preview for the Portuguese Cup.

Then, Rui Borges addressed the cases of the two players more specifically: "To be honest, I won't talk about the market, sorry to repeat myself. The January market is very misleading, the best don't leave anywhere and then it involves adaptation periods. About Diomande, he played 90 minutes, we'll see if he goes to the CAN or not. About Morita? It's normal that there's interest, he's a great player, he's at the end of his contract and it's normal that interest arises, but I see him very committed to helping until the end of the season."

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Hidemasa Morita - valued at 11 million euros - has played 14 matches. At the start of the season, the Japanese international midfielder.

Sporting will return to the field this Saturday, November 22, against Marinhense. The match, counting for the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team from Marinha Grande, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade, at 18:00.

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