Overview
- The Czech club officially presented Grimaldo over the weekend after acquiring him from Partizan Belgrade following his loan at Riga FC.
- Multiple outlets report a fee of roughly €1.3–€1.4 million, with the exact future-sale arrangement disputed between a 50% retention by Partizan and a smaller sell-on clause reported elsewhere.
- Sporting Cristal is set to receive about €45,000 through FIFA’s solidarity mechanism tied to the transfer.
- Grimaldo has linked up with Sparta’s winter camp in Marbella and is in line for minutes in scheduled friendlies against Malmö on January 16 and Legia Warsaw on January 22 under coach Brian Priske.
- The move follows a productive 2025 at Riga FC, where he recorded five goals and 10 assists and won the Latvian league.