Rui Borges drops 4 Sporting big guns for Forest clash by choice | OneFootball

Sporting are preparing for their final pre-season test, against English side Nottingham Forest - who could be Diomande’s next club - scheduled for this Friday at 7:45pm at the Algarve Stadium. Rui Borges decided not to call up four players: Pote, Daniel Bragança, Ousmane Diomande and Luis Suárez by choice.

so they can be reintegrated into group training as quickly as possible.

Nuno Santos' case is problematic. The wing-back remains out of the Club’s group training sessions and has no set timeframe for returning to the pitch. Sporting’s medical department has still not set a date for the player’s return.

Meanwhile, João Simões is continuing his recovery from the fracture suffered in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot. The 19-year-old midfielder is only expected to return to the pitch in September, missing the first official commitments of the new 2026/27 season.

in which Sporting will face Estrela da Amadora, coached by Pepa, next August 8 at 8:30pm at the José Gomes Stadium, in Reboleira.

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