Suárez or Ioannidis? C. Saleiro chooses Sporting’s top striker option | OneFootball

Carlos Saleiro believes that Luis Suárez and Fotis Ioannidis can play simultaneously in Sporting's attack. In an exclusive interview for our newspaper, the former striker of the Alvalade Club believes that choosing either of the two attackers is a difficult task, considering the embryonic stage of the season.

"It's not an easy choice. At this moment we are still at the beginning of the season. If we were talking about the transfer value, they are practically the same values that Sporting invested. So we are talking about two players for 'one perch'. But, in my view, they can play together", he begins.

Despite Fotis Ioannidis' desire to claim the starting spot, Carlos Saleiro believes that Luis Suárez is currently in the lead: "Looking at what the player's characteristics are, Suárez starts as the main bet, both one and the other can be bets".

The former under-23 international for Portugal says that both give guarantees to Rui Borges: "We have two excellent strikers, two excellent players who can give a lot to the Club and mean many goals. But, within what is Rui Borges' style of play, I believe that Suárez is the first option and because he has also justified it. Fotis is a slightly different striker and that's why I say they can both play in the 11 in the short and medium term, as a resource", added the former 'number 9' of the lions.

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