Sporting set plan for Diomande, playing time under discussion | OneFootball

Ousmane Diomande is expected to return at full speed after the international break. Although he was deemed fit for Sporting’s last two matches, Rui Borges and the rest of the Lions’ coaching staff preferred not to take any risks. Now that the center-back can train calmly, he is expected to be an option for the Portuguese Cup match against Paços de Ferreira.

The number 26 of the Alvalade club was not called up for Ivory Coast’s international fixtures during this FIFA window, something that will give the player—and Sporting—the necessary recovery time to return to the first team’s plans, since the coach himself had already admitted that the defender had been given the ‘green light’ to play, but not for many minutes. Even so, Diomande will not be cleared to play the full 90 minutes at the Capital do Móvel—something that should only happen against Marseille, in the Champions League.

Furthermore, as already happened with Pedro Gonçalves, Sporting’s goal is to extend Diomande’s contract until 2030, but, according to the newspaper Record, this process is currently ‘on hold’ and the Lions are waiting to see what the transfer market has in store for the Ivorian international.

This season, wearing Sporting’s shirt, Ousmane Diomande—valued at 45 million euros—has played in two matches. The Ivorian international center-back started in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, playing 68 minutes against Benfica, and also against Casa Pia, being on the pitch for 58 minutes before getting injured.

The green and white team will only return to the field on Saturday, October 18, against Paços de Ferreira. The match, counting for the third round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Filipe Cândido, will be played at the Estádio Capital do Móvel at 8:15 pm.

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