The midfielder of the Moscow club Lokomotiv and the Portuguese national team Joe Mario may leave the team.

Lisbon FC Sporting became interested in the player. The Portuguese is a pupil of white-green, and Milan FC Inter has the rights to him.

It is clarified that Mario could become part of a deal related to the transfer of Sporting midfielder Marcos Akuni to the Italian team.

This season, the Russian Premier League (RPL) Mario spent 11 matches and scored one goal. He admitted that he would like to try himself in another championship. The football player in an interview with the portal Eleven Sports shared his opinion on the level of RPL.

“There are four or five clubs of a very high level in the RPL, but also quite a lot of matches with weak opponents. I like it here, but I do not hide that I would like to try my hand at another championship. For example, in Spanish or French, ” RT quoted him as saying .

The metropolitan Lokomotiv loaned until the end of the season with the right to purchase.

On March 27, the media announced that they had agreed on a contract between Alexander Kokorin and Lokomotiv. It is reported that the player in the summer transfer window will sign an agreement with the capital's club. The contract of the striker with the railroad will be calculated until 2023, and the salary will be about € 3 million per year.