Good and bad news: Rui Borges gets a boost at Sporting, but three out | OneFootball

Sporting held, this Sunday morning, the first training session of their pre-season camp in Lagos. Rui Borges led a session with 31 players, continuing the green-and-white team’s preparations for the new season.

During the first few minutes open to the media, it was possible to observe the five new signings already integrated into the working group. Issa Doumbia, Silas Andersen, Pedro Lima, Sergi Altimira and Jesse Derry took part in the drills as normal and continue to build rhythm with the rest of their teammates.

In the opposite direction, Nuno Santos, Iván Fresneda and João Simões were not present on the pitch during the period accessible to journalists. Rodrigo Zalazar and Maxi Araújo also remain absent, as they will only join the squad at the end of the week, following the holiday period granted by the Club.

After the traditional "meiinho", Rui Borges gathered the players on the pitch for a talk with the whole group, at a time when he is looking to consolidate processes and speed up the adaptation of the new arrivals to the coaching staff’s ideas.

Sporting Sporting will remain in Lagos until next 20 July, during which time they will play two warm-up matches against Celtic and Strasbourg. The Algarve training camp is seen by the coaching staff as a key phase in preparing for the official start of the season.

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