Heads up! Fotis Ioannidis set to learn if he'll play for Sporting | OneFootball

Fotis Ioannidis’ immediate future will be decided next week. The Sporting striker may have to undergo surgery to treat the ligament injury in his right knee, a scenario that is on the table and depends on one final assessment.

Out of action virtually since the start of 2026, having made only three appearances this calendar year, the Greece international will now undergo a decisive test, which will include work on the pitch, with the aim of determining whether he still feels pain in the affected area, according to newspaper A Bola.

If the complaints persist, the next step will be surgery, which would definitively rule out any possibility of returning to competition this season. In fact, at the beginning of March, Ioannidis travelled to Greece to be assessed by the medical department of the national team, at which point it was established that, without improvement, surgery would be a likely solution.

With time running out, the medical department’s final decision will be made in the coming days, determining whether the striker can still be an option for what remains of Sporting’s season, something Rui Borges had seen as possible.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Fotis Ioannidis – valued at €18 million – has made 22 appearances. The 26-year-old Greece international striker has played 944 minutes, in which he has already scored six goals and provided three assists in the green-and-white hoops.

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