Sporting Lisbon winger Gelson Martins is one of the hottest names in European football this season. The 21-year-old Portuguese man is attracting interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Despite the attention however, the man who was born in the Cape Verde islands has refused to discuss his future by declaring that; “At the moment, I’m just thinking about playing for Sporting as I have a contract here.
 

Martins, who wears the number 77 shirt in Lisbon, has made 36 appearances since breaking into the first-team in 2015 and after being with Sporting since 2010, his future looks to be almost certainly away from the Portuguese capital.  

He has recently managed to break into the Portuguese national team having been called up for the World Cup qualifying matches against Andorra and the Faroe Islands, He made his debut in last night’s 6-0 win over the former coming on as a late substitute in Aveiro.



Steve Mitchell @barafundler