Marcelo Meli

A Sporting Clube de Portugal - Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with Club Atlético Boca Juniors for the termination of the loan of the player Marcelo Meli.

Sporting SAD wishes Marcelo Meli the best of personal and professional success.

Extension of player's loan to Boca Juniors

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD have reached an agreement with Boca Juniors for the extension of the loan of Jonathan Silva until the end of the 2016/17 season, with no option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Jonathan Silva the best of personal and professional success.

Sporting CP Communications Director highlights Argentinean club's attitude regarding Jonathan Silva

Sporting's Director of Communications, Nuno Saraiva, has used his Facebook page to praise Boca Juniors for their stance in relation to the player Jonathan Silva.

"Only a great sports and human club like Boca Juniors takes a stand against the lies that come from a campaign of defamation. The relationship between our clubs is excellent and we make an effort to keep it that way with the clubs that we work with on a daily basis, both in terms of strategic relationships and in terms of issues related to players, as well as in relation to Europe's governing bodies where we are one of the most active clubs in making proposals for the good of football and sportsmanship."

Sporting Clube de Portugal statement on articles published today

In light of articles published today in Portugal and Argentina about alleged interest from Boca Juniors in the player Jonathan Silva, Sporting Clube de Portugal notes the following:

1.       Boca Juniors have never shown interest in the purchase of Jonathan Silva;

2.       These articles are part of a strategy to weaken Sporting Clube de Portugal's position during the current transfer market, like other false new pieces published in Portugal and abroad about bids which never existed, for example from PSG for João Mário and from Leicester for Slimani;

3.       Sporting Clube de Portugal is today economically and financially stable, which permits the building of a short, medium and long term sports project. We are not in sales;

4.       Sporting Clube de Portugal is not in the business of selling its treasures, but does not turn away irrefutable bids. In this sense - and should such a bid exist for a player from the senior squad, Sporting Clube de Portugal will analyse it should it be in the interests of the Club;

5.       Sporting Clube de Portugal reaffirms that we have an ambitious sports project which is resulting in an economically and financially stable situation and which permits us to fight for all national titles, as well as European competitions we are involved in.