Player with 192 games for Sporting left out of Porto clash, reason revealed | OneFootball

Sporting's coach did not call up for the game against Porto one of the players with the most games for the club who was available in the squad

Ricardo Esgaio is likely to be leaving Sporting. The right-back was not on the match sheet for the game that the lions played last Saturday, against Porto, for the fourth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, where Rui Borges' men were defeated 2-1.

Rui Borges did not call up Ricardo Esgaio for the match, one of the players with the most experience in the green and white squad. Meanwhile, the reasons have been revealed: the newspaper A Bola reports that the absence of the Portuguese player was due to a probable departure from Alvalade in the coming days.

The situation of Ricardo Esgaio has been ongoing throughout the summer. The green and white full-back started as one of the 'dispensable' from the Sporting team, and the situation did not improve with the arrival of competitors for his position, namely the Greek Vagiannidis.

With limited space in Rui Borges' squad, and with his contract with the lions ending soon, Ricardo Esgaio was very close to leaving Sporting and heading to Corinthians this summer, something that did not happen due to debts that the Brazilian emblem has from previous deals.

Staying in Alvalade was a possibility, but, as the transfer window draws to a close, Turkey emerged as a likely destination for Ricardo Esgaio, who is said to have missed the game with Porto due to this deal which, according to the Portuguese press, is imminent.

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