Sporting have three new faces lined up for Rui Borges in 2026 | OneFootball

Zeno Debast, Daniel Bragança, and Nuno Santos will only return to the fields in 2026. The green and white trio is sidelined from competition due to serious injuries and will not wear the Sporting jersey again until the end of the current calendar year.

However, the three will be winter reinforcements for Rui Borges. The green and white coach knows he can only count on the three players in 2026, as reported by the newspaper Record, these are the latest forecasts from the Performance Unit officials of Sporting.

The news comes at a time when Rui Borges might be about to receive positive updates in double dose. Pedro Gonçalves is recovered and back in training, and in Alvalade, there is also hope that Fotis Ioannidis will recover in time for the derby with Benfica.

Regarding the trio of injured players, the one expected to return to the fields sooner is Zeno Debast. The central defender, who was injured in the match against Kairat Almaty, needed crutches during his recovery, but according to national press information, he should be ready in about a month.

Daniel Bragança, recovering from a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and Nuno Santos, who suffered a rupture in the patellar tendon of his right knee, are expected to take a bit longer to return to the fields, as the team does not want to take any risks with the Portuguese players.

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