Sporting CP set to sign Morocco left-back Moncef Zekri from KV Mechelen

Moncef Zekri is at Es jin88bet.one jin88bet.one tadio Jose Alvalade to complete his move to Sporting CP, with the 17-year-old Morocco youth international preparing to sign a four-year ak168app.baby contract with the Portuguese club.

The young left-back is completing his official photograph ak168app.baby s at the Lisbon stadium ahead of the formal announcement of the transfer. ak168app.club Sporting CP have agreed to pay about €3.5m in guaranteed fees ak168app.club for the defender, with addi ks168app.site t ks168app.site ional performance-related bonuses included in the deal.

Zekri’s arrival represents a significant coup for Sporting CP, who have moved ahead of several promin ic88 ent European clubs in the race for his signature. PSV Eindhoven and Ajax Amsterdam were also interested in the player, but ic88 the Portuguese side have secured his move from KV Mechelen.

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The transfer is yet to be officially announced, but Zekri’s presence at Estadio Jose Alvalade for the final st lr88 lr88 ages of the process indicates that lr88 lr88 the agreement is close to completion. Once the paperwork and formalities lr88 are concluded, Sporting CP will confirm the signing of a player who had attracted interest from other leading clubs in lr88 Europe.

For Sporting CP, the deal combines immediate squad planning with a longer-term investment in a teenage defender developed in Belgium and tested in Morocco’s youth international set-up. T op88 op88 he club’s decision to commit around €3.5m in fixed payments, alongside bonuses, underlines its determination to secure Ze si88 kri despite competition from P si88 SV Eindhoven and Ajax Amsterdam.

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