Sporting’s grief ended the year 2020/21 with a negative €32.9 million, but it wasn’t all bad news for the Lyon leaders.

Through the club’s report and accounts published late last night [terça-feira] On the website of the Portuguese Securities Market Authority (CMVM), the lions confirmed that the transfer of Joao Mario to Inter Milan, which took place in 2016, resulted in another million euros for SAD Sportinguista coffers, As already introduced by Record at a convenient time. The subject of the controversy is the Nerazzurri’s takeover of the Italian championship, during the loan season of the Portuguese international to the Leonine logo.

The sale of the pass for the midfielder, who is now at Benfica, represents a steady cash flow of €40 million into Sporting SAD’s coffers, and up to €5 million has also been contemplated when certain individual and collective goals are achieved. Someone directly pointed out the possibility of Inter being national champions in Italy, which ended up beating the Scudetto in 2020/21.