Sporting close to major boost for the Portuguese Cup final | OneFootball

Fotis Ioannidis may finally return to Sporting’s options as early as next Sunday, in the Portuguese Cup final against Torreense. After several ups and downs over the last few months, everything suggests that the Greek striker will once again be included in Sporting’s squad for the season’s final match.

Rui Borges had recently confirmed that the forward could still return before the end of the season, and the signs given by the player in the latest training sessions now reinforce that possibility. The aim is to give the Sporting coach another attacking option for the match at Jamor.

Signed from Panathinaikos for €22 million, Ioannidis was one of Sporting’s biggest investments for 2025/26. The Greece international showed promise at the start of the season, but was ultimately held back by recurring physical problems, culminating in a relapse of the injury to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.

The 26-year-old striker has not played since 21 February, the date of Sporting’s win against Moreirense, and could now return in the very last game of the season. The initial idea was for him to compete for a place with Luis Suárez, but his physical limitations prevented him from maintaining competitive continuity at Alvalade.

Besides Ioannidis, Morten Hjulmand is also expected to be among the options for the final. The Sporting captain missed the last two training sessions for workload management, but he is expected to return to training this Friday and be available for Jamor, in a match that could mark the farewell of several players in green and white.

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