van Wolfswinkel a done deal according to Portuguese news

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Posted half an hour ago. Gist of it is that Sporting are skint so have sold him to make up for wages arrears for rest of the squad.

Deal agreed today, moves in the summer. ?4-5m to Sporting but they only own 35% so talking ?11-14m for him. No idea if all up front or not or how reliable Diario de Noticias are but looks legit to me.

Cripes.

Translation below:

Sale of tip-Dutch striker was the solution found by Godinho Lopes to pay wages in arrears in Alvalade.

The Sporting sold-tip striker Van Wolfswinkel to Norwich City, Premier League, solution found by Godinho Lopes to pay wages in arrears in Alvalade.
The transfer was closed on Wednesday and the money from the sale of the athlete, between four and five million euros (Sporting held only 35% of the player pass), must be received in the coffers of Alvalade before the date set for elections to the president of Sporting, on 23 March.
Van Wolfswinkel, 24, remain in Alvalade until the end of the current season and in the summer it will move to England.
"The management acts are committed by those who are here. Bought 25 players, fed everyone else and I will keep the same attitude. If whoever bought to sell, if you have to sell those fed, what's the problem?" He asked Godinho Lopes, a week ago, when he admitted that he might have to sell a player to pay two months of salary arrears.

Posted By: pat_abb, Mar 21, 00:14:40