Underused Pinilla wants out of Sporting Lisbon at end of season

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2005

LISBON (AFP) — Chilean international striker Mauricio Pinilla wants to leave Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon at the end of the season unless he is given more time on the pitch, his lawyer said.

"As things stand now, there is no possibility that Pinilla will stay at Sporting," Rocco Dozzini told Lisbon-based Radio Renascenca, adding the 21-year-old needed to be used more often to develop his skills.

"There is a very important club in Italy that wants Pinilla," he added.

Dozzini said he had attempted to negotiate Pinilla's exit before the end of the transfer window period in January but Sporting officials did not show any interest in the offers he had on the table for the player at that time.

Sporting signed Pinilla in July from Italian outfit Chievo...