Every day the Portuguese press bring updates on Sporting’s chase for Islam Slimani, it’s reiterated how hard the transfer is going to be.
This Friday, the problem reported is that the Foxes aren’t keen on letting the Algerian international leave on a simple loan deal.
It’s newspaper Record who writes it, claiming that even though Leicester City don’t count on Slimani for the season, he’s only moving on a permanent transfer or a loan with an obligatory buying option.
The newspaper claims that the Foxes are looking to make between €15m and €20m with the sale, and there are English and Chinese clubs who are getting close to that price already.
Sporting now hope that Slimani’s wish to return to Lisbon could weigh on his future, but this possibility would only happen in case none of the interested clubs get to an agreement with Leicester.
The newspaper expects the saga to be dragged ‘until the end of the transfer market’, and that ruins Bruno de Carvalho’s hopes of announcing a deal early.
