Sporting injury doubt could return in early October | OneFootball

Nuno Santos is closer to returning to action, just like another injured player from Sporting. The 30-year-old Portuguese player might be an option for Rui Borges as early as the beginning of October, which is practically a month from now and almost a year after he got injured against Famalicão, still under the command of Ruben Amorim.

Initially, it was estimated that Nuno Santos could be fit to return to the field at the end of last season, and perhaps even help the team in the final of the Portuguese Cup. The recovery proved to be more complicated, and after some progress and setbacks, the return is now on the horizon.

Nuno Santos was injured on October 26, 2024, and according to the newspaper A Bola, with the recovery on track, which has been happening over the past few months, the Sporting left winger will be ready to train intensively and play at the beginning of October, that is, in a month.

It is worth remembering that this is the third time in his career that the player has suffered a serious injury to his right knee. Nuno Santos had already suffered a rupture of the patellar tendon in that part of the body in 2015, when he was playing for Benfica, and also in 2018, when he was representing Rio Ave.

Therefore, the medical staff at Sporting have been extra cautious with the 30-year-old player. The green and white technical team does not want the left winger of the lions to suffer any kind of relapse, especially being recurrent, so they want to ensure that Nuno Santos will be 100% ready when he returns to the field.

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