Leonino exclusive - Sporting halt sales, make call before 2026 World Cup | OneFootball

Sporting will wait until the 2026 World Cup to listen to offers for the players who are set to be called up, Leonino has learned. Although there is already interest in several members of Rui Borges’ squad at this stage, the Lions prefer to wait for the competition.

Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo and Ousmane Diomande are three of the main assets Sporting intend to wait for. If everything goes as expected, the players from Portugal, Uruguay and Ivory Coast, respectively, will be part of their national team coaches’ selections; besides being some of the names generating the biggest 'buzz' in the European market.

The 2026 World Cup will take place between June 11 and July 19, 2026, in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It will be the first edition with 48 national teams, 12 groups and 104 matches. Portugal are in Group K with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia.

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