João Mário comments after penning new deal

Having arrived at Alvalade back in 2008 as a promising young talent, João Mário has now penned a deal that extends his stay at Sporting until 2020.

The up and coming midfielders proved happy with the contract extension and is more than ever hungry for titles: “This is really important for my career. I am really happy to be with Sporting for even longer. This is recognition of my work. It has always been a dream for me to play for the first team and luckily I am doing that.”

João Mário went on to speak about the season so far: “We have started the best way possible and it is always important to win titles like we did on Sunday. It gives us for confidence going into the Champions League playoffs.”