Ioannidis racing against time, Sporting striker knows what lies ahead | OneFootball

Fotis Ioannidis held his first training session with the Sporting squad. The Greek player trained under Rui Borges' orders last Wednesday and is ready to be included in the coach's squad list for the green and whites' trip to Famalicão.

Despite having had only a few training sessions before the match, Sporting's new 'number 89' will be called up, since Rui Borges' options for the position are quite limited, with Ioannidis having only Luis Suárez ahead of him.

Sporting also has Rodrigo Ribeiro as an alternative for the attack, but the young Portuguese forward has been playing for the club's B team, under João Gião, and has yet to make any appearances for the main squad, failing to convince Rui Borges.

In the last 2024/25 season, while playing for Panathinaikos, Fotis Ioannidis - valued at 15 million euros - had numbers below expectations. In 42 matches played, the striker scored 11 times and provided two assists. In the current season, he has played four games without any goal contributions so far.

Sporting will be back in action next Saturday, September 13, against Famalicão. The match against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, valid for the fifth round of Liga Portugal Betclic, will be played in Minho and is scheduled to kick off at 8:30 p.m.

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