Rui Borges to call up player after one training with Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Borges will call up Fotis Ioannidis for the Famalicão - Sporting match. Although the forward has only had one training session with the lions, the coach will include the Greek international's name for the trip to Minho in the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Despite having few training sessions before the match, Sporting's new 'number 89' will be called up, as Rui Borges' options for the position are quite limited, with Ioannidis only having Luis Suárez ahead of him.

Sporting also has Rodrigo Ribeiro as an alternative for the attack, but the young Portuguese forward has been playing for the lions' B team, under the guidance of João Gião, and has yet to play any minutes with the main squad, not convincing Rui Borges.

In the last 2024/25 season, while with Panathinaikos, Fotis Ioannidis - valued at 15 million euros - had numbers below expectations. In 42 matches played, the forward scored 11 times and provided two assists. This season, he has four games without any goal contributions so far.

Sporting will return to the field next Saturday, September 13th, against Famalicão. The match against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, valid for the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, will be played in Minho and is scheduled to kick off at 8:30 PM.

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