Some say Sporting star is best as a number 10 or on the right, not the left | OneFootball

Luís Guilherme continues to take steady steps at Sporting and is establishing himself as a versatile option in the attacking sector. The young winger, who scored against AFS, has a career marked by positional adaptation from a very early age, something that dates back to his youth days at Palmeiras, the club where he began to attract attention at just 16 years old.

“Luís Guilherme was a number 10 up until the Palmeiras under-20s. He was transformed by Abel Ferreira, already in the professional squad, to play more openly on the right, to cut inside and shoot, because shooting from outside the box is one of his main characteristics,” recalled Eduardo Rodrigues, a Globo Esporte journalist, to the newspaper A Bola.

“He even scored a goal similar to the one against Aves SAD in the Portuguese Cup, in the Libertadores, only from further away, at Independiente Del Valle’s home,” said the Brazilian journalist, who has followed the “verdão” for years, from the youth teams to the professional squad.

“He still performs much better as a number 10 than as a winger, not only on the left, where he isn’t as decisive, but even on the right, where he already does very well,” concluded Eduardo Rodrigues, identifying in Luís Guilherme the role where he can best influence the game.

At Palmeiras, the presence of Raphael Veiga as the playmaker limited Luís Guilherme’s space in that central area, leading Abel Ferreira to project him from the wings. At Sporting - which receives thanks - , this training is reflected in the player, who in a recent match against AFS, was able to provide different solutions to Sporting’s attack.

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