Miguel Melgar revealed that, after Sporting became interested in Souleymane Faye, several Spanish League clubs asked about the 22-year-old winger. However, Granada's sporting director added, in an interview with Antena 1, that it is no longer worth it. «I can't say anything about the deal, I can't make comments, but I can say that it seems like a very good decision by Sporting. They saw something that they are only seeing now in Spain. I have several sporting directors from first division clubs asking about Faye, but now? Now it’s too late,” he said. «I think Sporting is the ideal club for him. He will show what a great player he is. He is a player who will really like Portugal, I played for Famalicão and I know Portuguese football. He is a very young player, with excellent conditions. He's very fast, he can go down both lanes, he has goals, he works a lot, he's intense and courageous.” Miguel Malgar says he is sure that Faye will do well in Portugal, highlighting that «he is a very professional boy and will have a very high level in Portuguese football, as he would have in the first division in Spain».