Sporting injury boost: player steps up recovery, giving Rui Borges hope | OneFootball

Still sidelined from Rui Borges' options, Zeno Debast was present at the Sporting - Club Brugge match and ended up catching the eye, this time for the best reasons. The player was in the box reserved for non-selected players and may have some news.

The 'number 6' for the green and whites was caught on camera during the broadcast of the match next to Fotis Ioannidis—who is also injured, with a ligament problem in his right knee—and there was no sign of the crutches he had used when attending Sporting - Marinhense, in the Portuguese Cup.

Although this is good news, Debast is expected to face at least another month out due to a left knee injury. In the worst-case scenario, the player may only return to Rui Borges' options at the start of 2026.

Several other familiar faces were also present at the José Alvalade Stadium. In addition to the aforementioned Debast and Ioannidis, Pedro Gonçalves, Daniel Bragança, and Nuno Santos also made a point of closely supporting the team, despite not being able to contribute on the pitch.

At the start of this season, Zeno Debast—valued at 30 million euros—has already played 13 official matches in a Sporting shirt. The Belgian international for the Lions has, so far, recorded 855 minutes of play, but still without any goals or assists to his name.

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