Sporting find Catamo replacement as winger heads to AFCON | OneFootball

Geny Catamo is part of the list of 25 Mozambican players drawn up by Chiquinho Conde for the African Cup of Nations (CAN). The winger is expected to miss between six to seven games for Sporting and, as such, Salvador Blopa will be the substitute in his colleague's absence.

The 18-year-old will be included in the squad starting from tomorrow's match, in Germany, against Bayern Munich, according to the newspaper 'A Bola', and he may even get some playing time, as happened in the last Champions League game against the Belgians of Club Brugge, where he played 14 minutes.

Salvador Blopa's contract, which ends in June 2026, will be renewed, with the club likely to extend it until 2030. The plan may involve setting a release clause of 100 million euros for the player, as was done in the past with Fotis Ioannidis, Viktor Gyokeres, Geovany Quenda, and Bruno Fernandes.

Even so, the club's management does not rule out the possibility of signing a reinforcement in the January market. Sporting is already on the ground searching for the ideal deal. Yeremay (Deportivo), Wesley (Al Nassr), Giannis Konstantelias (PAOK), Abde Ezzalzouli (Betis), or Christos Tzolis (Club Brugge) are some of the names on the table.

This season, Salvador Blopa has played 17 matches for Sporting: 11 in Liga 3 for the B team, three for the under-19s in the UEFA Youth League, and three in the main squad. In total, the winger has played 1,214 minutes, scoring three goals and making two assists.

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