Jeremiah St Juste’s admittance that he had received calls from the Premier League, amid interest from Liverpool, has angered those in charge at Sporting Club de Portugal.
That’s according O Jogo, who say there has been ‘some displeasure’ among those in charge of the Portuguese club after the defender’s recent comments about interest from the Premier League.
He revealed in a conversation with Dutch website Voetbalzone that he had received calls from a team at the top of the Premier League after he impressed in Sporting’s win over Arsenal last month.
He failed to name a Premier League team specifically but the comments came after a report in Portugal at the end of March made it clear that Liverpool had been in contact with his agent after being delighted by what they saw against the Gunners.
That admittance has not gone down well with his current employers, though, who believe that the player has shown ‘ingratitude’ for the faith they have shown in him.
He is yet to go beyond a year at the club after arriving as the most expensive purchase of last summer and it seems the feeling is that it is unfair to be talking up another move at this point.
Indeed, he was signed as someone they wanted to become ‘a player for the future’, which would suggest Sporting have no intention of selling if someone like Liverpool starts phoning them rather than his agent.
That will very much depend on the status of the defender in the next few months, with Record reporting that he has suffered a ‘muscle rupture’ in his left thigh.
That diagnosis is set to be confirmed with the completion of new tests, which will take place in Portugal.
He picked up that injury in the defeat to Juventus in the Europa League and it appeared to be a bad one at first glance but Record’s information is that it is not as serious as first feared.
In fact, it shouldn’t leave the Dutchman on the sidelines for more than three weeks but it was the latest in a series of injuries he’s suffered this season, which have hampered his playing time.
That is something Liverpool will want to assess themselves, with injuries already limiting them in defence this season and them unlikely to want to add another player with issues to that, specifically one who is arriving to alleviate a problem.
