Rui Borges to welcome left winger at Sporting in October | OneFootball

Rui Borges will be able to count on Nuno Santos starting from next October. Injured for almost a year, Sporting's 'number 11' is recovering from a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee and is about to get the green light from the medical department.

After the international break, Sporting returns to the National Championship against Famalicão, in a match played on September 13. Nuno Santos will still be out of the coach's plans, in a trip of bad memory, since it was precisely on the Minho's field that the left-footer got injured.

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Although the player is already in a very advanced stage, the green and white structure will not take any risk and prefers to wait a few weeks. The goal will be for Nuno Santos to be out of competition for about a year, since this is the third serious injury of his career.

According to Record newspaper, the Sporting officials believe that in October Nuno Santos will return to the squad, but with limited playing time and needing to regain competitive rhythm. Therefore, the fight for the starting position should only happen in mid-December.

In 2024/25, until the injury, wearing the Sporting jersey, Nuno Santos - valued at 9 million euros - had 10 matches: seven in the Portugal Betlic League, two in the Champions League and one in the Portugal Cup. In the 606 minutes he was on the field, the 30-year-old athlete scored one goal (Sturm Graz) and made one assist (Portimonense).

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