Sporting plan for life after Fresneda, successor ‘flies’ at 37.7 km/h | OneFootball

Salvador Blopa is back, and Sporting has a clearly defined plan for the 19-year-old. After a long recovery, the full-back will return to competition with the B team, but in the medium and long term he is seen as a solution for the right side of the main defense, already with a possible future without Iván Fresneda in mind.

According to newspaper A Bola, the Lions do not intend to rush any stage of the player’s development. Blopa returned to training with Rui Borges’s squad in September and is expected to begin by regaining match fitness with the reserve side before receiving new opportunities with the first team.

An injury ended up halting his progress in the second half of last season and forced him to spend pre-season recovering. During that period, Sporting worked intensively on the full-back’s muscle development, and he gained mass as well as another two centimeters in height, now standing at 1.90 meters.

Speed remains one of Blopa’s most impressive traits. The youngster has already reached a top speed of 37.7 km/h, a figure that puts him very close to some of the highest marks recorded in top-level football and helps explain the potential recognized by Sporting’s structure.

Although he can play on both flanks and even adapt to different systems, Sporting’s project is mainly focused on preparing him as a right-back in a back four. Fresneda currently owns the position and Vagiannidis is the most immediate alternative, but the Spaniard’s rising value leaves open the possibility of a significant transfer in the future.

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