Vagiannidis joins Sporting later, and the reason is known | OneFootball

Georgios Vagiannidis already has a date set to report to Alcochete. The Sporting player is expected to join Rui Borges’ squad on July 12, benefiting from an additional holiday period after finishing the season later than most of his future teammates.

The start of Sporting’s pre-season is scheduled for July 1, a date reserved for the usual medical examinations and fitness tests. However, the Greek international is only expected to join the group around two weeks later, since he was on international duty with the Greek national team during the month of June.

and against Italy, on June 7, having featured in both matches. That extension of competitive activity led Sporting to grant him a few more days of rest before the start of training.

A similar situation could apply to other players who were involved in international commitments after the end of the season. Kochorashvili was included in Georgia’s squad for the matches against Romania and Bahrain, while Hjulmand was called up by Denmark for the games against the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ukraine, although he was ultimately released due to injury.

As for the Sporting players who are competing in the World Cup, they will have a specific plan defined by the club’s structure. The return dates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, depending on the stage of the competition reached by each national team, in a management approach that Rui Borges and the performance department consider essential to prepare for the 2026/27 season in the best possible way.

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