After Nuno Mendes, PSG is still associated with Sporting Portugal in a big case of 60M €. The Portuguese club’s response was quick.
Sporting Portugal complicates the task for PSG
In search of a defensive midfielder, Paris Saint-Germain have their sights set on João Straw. Only, after letting Nuno Mendes slip away at Paris Saint-Germain as part of a one-season loan with a purchase option set at 40 million euros, Sporting Portugal do not want to make a second flower at the capital club. Faced with the threat of PSG, Wolverhampton, Atlético Madrid, Everton and Tottenham, the Portuguese club have taken a radical resolution for their 26-year-old midfielder.
Indeed, Sporting Portugal formalized this Friday, in the early evening, the contract extension of the Portuguese international. Initially bound until June 2025, João Palhinha initialed a new lease for an additional year, ie until 2026. Recently questioned, the compatriot of Cristiano Ronaldo had explained that he would see himself staying at Sporting CP and even extending his contract there. His wish has therefore just been granted, but for how long?
PSG Mercato: Palhinha extended to be better sold?
Sporting Portugal have therefore announced the news of João Palhinha’s extension. this Friday by specifying that the release clause of the former partner of Nuno mendes is maintained at 60 million euros. A sum largely in the strings of Paris Saint-Germain and English clubs. This is his sixth contract since joining Sporting CP at the age of 17. But with this new situation for the native of Lisbon, the leaders of Sporting may also want to sell him much more than the amount of his release clause.
According to the Portuguese press, which had evoked an interest of Paris Saint-Germain for the player last month, Palhinha saw his salary increased since he should now receive 1 million euros net per season against 800,000 euros previously. Chain ESPN confirms that the amount of the defensive midfielder’s release clause has not been increased, but it will be difficult, if not impossible, for a club to negotiate a lower price. In case of departure next summer, João Straw could therefore pay very big for Sporting Portugal.
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