Sporting have a plan for Ousmane Diomande, playing time up for discussion | OneFootball

Ousmane Diomande is expected to return in full force after the international break. Despite being declared fit for the last two matches of Sporting, Rui Borges and the rest of the technical team of the lions preferred not to risk it, and now that the center back can train calmly, he should be an option for the Portugal Cup, against Paços de Ferreira.

The 'jersey 26' of the Alvalade Club was not called up for the international commitments of Ivory Coast on this FIFA date, something that will give the player - and Sporting - the necessary recovery time to be able to return to the main team's accounts, since the coach himself had already admitted that the defender had 'green light' to play, but not many minutes. Nevertheless, Diomande will not be ordered to play the 90 minutes at Capital do Móvel - something that should only happen against Marseille, for the Champions League.

Furthermore, just like it happened with Pedro Gonçalves, the goal of Sporting is to extend Diomande's contract until 2030, but, according to the newspaper Record, this process is in 'stand-by' and the lions are waiting to see what the transfer market has reserved for the Ivorian international.

This season, with the Sporting jersey, Ousmane Diomande - valued at 45 million euros - participated in two matches. The international center back for Ivory Coast was a starter in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, playing 68 minutes against Benfica, and also against Casa Pia, being on the field for 58' before getting injured.

The match, counting for the third round of the Portugal Cup, against the team led by Filipe Cândido, will be played at the Estádio Capital do Móvel, at 20:15.

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