Sporting will pass on option to buy Bolasie

Sunday, 16 February 2020 0comments | Jump to last

A report from Portugal suggests that Sporting Lisbon are unlikely to take up their option to turn Yannick Bolasie's loan into a permanent transfer at the end of the season.

According to O Jogo, Sporting have been unconvinced by the 30-year-old's performances and that has cast doubt on whether or not that they will elect to purchase him for the €4.5m fee they agreed with Everton.

This follows an earlier report that Sporting's hierarchy have already made their decision over Bolasie but have decided to keep it private for now.

Bolasie, who has two goals and four assists so far in his time with the Portuguese side, was sent off in a cup match in January and recently missed three games, one through suspension, but was back in their team yesterday as they drew 1-1 away at Rio Ave

Bolasie attempted to take the penalty that provided the 84th-minute equaliser for Sporting but was over-ruled by Jovane Cabral who netted from the spot.

The former Crystal Palace winger was signed by Everton for a fee rising to £28m in 2016 but suffered a potentially career-ending knee injury a year later and subsequently struggled to replicate the form that had prompted the Blues to spend big money on him under former boss Ronald Koeman.

Bolasie has had loan spells at Aston Villa, Anderlecht and now Sporting as he attempts to keep his career on the rails but, with one year remaining on his Everton contract, it seems likely that he has played his last game for the Toffees.