Sporting star set for new deal, to become one of squad’s top earners | OneFootball

Sporting aims to renew the contract with Gonçalo Inácio, after the central defender did not leave the Alvalade Club due to interest from Al Ittihad. The Middle Eastern emblem was very interested in the player trained at the Alcochete Academy and was waving 55 million euros.

In this way, the player will be rewarded by Sporting. The lions want to extend the bond with the player, in addition to a salary review being under consideration that will leave him as one of the best paid in the squad, and a probable increase in the termination clause to the level of 80 million euros.

This is another dossier that the managers of Sporting seek to resolve soon. In addition to Gonçalo Inácio, Pedro Gonçalves, Francisco Trincão, Geny Catamo and Ousmane Diomande should also be targets of contractual negotiations to extend their bonds with the Alvalade Club.

With the demotion of Jeremiah St. Juste to Sporting's B team, the lions would only have Ousmane Diomande, Zeno Debast, and Eduardo Quaresma as natural central defenders in the main squad, if Gonçalo Inácio's departure was confirmed.

At the start of the 2025/26 season, Gonçalo Inácio - valued at 45 million euros - is one of the ever-presents in Sporting's team. The green and white central defender has 540 minutes in six games, in which he has already made two goal assists.

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