Close friend of Vagiannidis reveals what Sporting’s full-back needs to do | OneFootball

Zeca Rodrigues believes that Georgios Vagiannidis needs to "start one or two games as a starter" to fully establish himself at Sporting. The midfielder believes in the success of his former teammate, admitting that the new 'number 13' of the Lions could succeed at Alvalade.

"He is a very attacking full-back, with great technical quality. He is going to a new environment, needs some time, but he was also a great signing and will bring a lot of joy," said the midfielder to the newspaper O Jogo, also sharing his opinion on Fotis Ioannidis.

For Zeca, Vagiannidis "needs some adaptation," which will come with the departure of Iván Fresneda from Rui Borges' starting eleven: "Starting one or two games as a starter to gain confidence and show his value, in the future he will be even better," he admitted.

It is worth remembering that Zeca had already given high praise to Vagiannidis, even before the full-back was signed by Sporting. Since they played together at Panathinaikos, the Portuguese-Greek is very familiar with the characteristics of the Lions' defender.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Georgios Vagiannidis – valued at 8 million euros – has played in three matches. The full-back for the green and whites came off the bench in all the games he played, totaling 98 minutes and one assist.

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