{"id":621575,"date":"2023-01-28T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621575"},"modified":"2023-01-28T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:03:04","slug":"barcelona-hector-bellerin-sporting-lisbon-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/28\/barcelona-hector-bellerin-sporting-lisbon-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Lisbon Target Ex-Arsenal Defender as Pedro Porro Replacement &#8211; Player Keen on the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon have identified ex-Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin as a possible replacement for Pedro Porro should the 23-year-old join Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>David Ornstein <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1619300872579842048\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broke the news<\/a>, stating that the club were &#8220;exploring signing Hector Bellerin if Pedro Porro leaves.&#8221; Although he insisted that &#8220;no breakthrough&#8221; had been made between Sporting and Tottenham regarding Porro.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein also revealed that Bellerin is keen on the potential move.<\/p>\n<h2>Hector Bellerin Keen on Potential Sporting Lisbon Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCL: Sporting Lisbon exploring signing Hector Bellerin if Pedro Porro leaves. No breakthrough in Porro to Tottenham talks &amp; Brighton refusing to let Tariq Lamptey exit. Bellerin keen on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SportingCP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SportingCP<\/a> but not contact between clubs yet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheAthleticFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/THFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#THFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6mwQyBCysw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6mwQyBCysw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1619300872579842048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Dependent on Pedro Porro<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the Spaniard being keen on the move, the entire deal likely depends on whether Porro completes his switch to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/26\/tottenham-hotspur-target-close-pedro-porro\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">already said goodbye to his teammates<\/a>, with Fabrizio Romano revealing there is &#8220;growing optimism&#8221; from Spurs&#8217; side that the deal will get done. The very fact that Sporting are looking for replacements suggests that the Portuguese club have also accepted Porro will become a Tottenham player before the window closes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/28\/arsenal-chelsea-moises-caicedo-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal and Chelsea Fight Over \u2018World-Class\u2019 Player Who Wants to Leave \u2018Immediately\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hector Bellerin&#8217;s Barcelona Situation<\/h3>\n<p>The 27-year-old signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com\/en\/football\/first-team\/news\/2773982\/agreement-to-sign-hector-bellerin\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one-year contract<\/a> with Barcelona in the summer of 2022 and is unlikely to be offered an extension before the end of the season. He has made just three appearances for the club in the league and given that the Spanish giants are currently rife with financial issues, it may be a smart move for them to ease their wage demands by offloading the defender.<\/p>\n<h3>A Career Revival<\/h3>\n<p>Although he has fallen short of his early potential so far in his career, this move would represent an opportunity for the 27-year-old to revive his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/28\/weston-mckennie-leeds-united-here-we-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Here We Go\u2019 \u2013 Leeds United Sign \u00a330 Million Player Dubbed \u2018America\u2019s Best Male Footballer&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He would likely be afforded regular first-team football at a side that should be able to provide European football next season &#8211; which could be exactly what he needs. 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David Ornstein broke the news, stating that the club were &#8220;exploring signing Hector Bellerin if Pedro Porro leaves.&#8221; Although he insisted that &#8220;no breakthrough&#8221; had been made between Sporting and Tottenham regarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4305,"featured_media":621580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1365,6,7188],"tags":[2660,9666,1666],"class_list":["post-621575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-rumours","tag-hector-bellerin","tag-pedro-porro","tag-sporting-lisbon"],"modified_by":"Harry Dowsett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}