Rui Borges drops from pre-season the midfielder who cost Sporting €4m | OneFootball

Koba Koindredi was the big absentee from Sporting’s squad list for the pre-season training camp in Lagos. The 24-year-old French midfielder is still not in Rui Borges’ plans and stayed behind in Alcochete, while the rest of the squad headed to the Algarve.

Although he began pre-season work at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, the player, who had been on loan at Basel, was ultimately left out of the squad for what is one of the most important stages in preparations for the new season. The decision reinforces the idea that he is not part of the coaching staff’s plans.

After two seasons on loan at Basel, Koba Koindredi returned to Sporting this summer, but still has no real prospects of establishing himself at Alvalade. The Sporting hierarchy is now looking for a solution for the midfielder’s future, with another transfer the most likely scenario.

According to the newspaper A Bola, the midfielder was the only player who had been working with the squad since the start of pre-season to be left out of the trip to Lagos. On the other hand, Rui Borges called up all the new signings, including Jesse Derry, Doumbia, Pedro Lima, Silas Andersen and Sergi Altimira.

With the transfer window still open, Koba Koindredi’s future should be resolved in the coming weeks. Sporting want to find a destination that will allow the player to compete regularly again, thus bringing to an end a chapter that never truly got off the ground in the lion’s shirt.

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