Starting place at Sporting open? Mário Jorge backs Borges: He’s ready | OneFootball

Mário Jorge believes that Georgios Vagiannidis is in a position to take the starting spot from Iván Fresneda, something that happened for the first time in the Famalicão - Sporting match last Saturday, September 13. The former midfielder of the Alvalade club also analyzed the signing of Fotis Ioannidis and the competition he may provide to Luis Suárez.

"Vagiannidis had already shown good signs in the games he played. He has what it takes to win Fresneda's spot, even though Fresneda did not let the team down when he played", he began by saying in recent statements to the newspaper Record.

Regarding Ioannidis's debut, the former Sporting player did not elaborate at this stage: "It's still too early to make a deeper analysis of Ioannidis. He played his first minutes (22) against Famalicão, but from what he showed, he will surely bring more quality to the team."

When asked about the possibility of Ioannidis and Suárez playing together up front for Sporting, Mário Jorge reminded that "it will depend a lot on the coach's strategy and can vary from game to game, from opponent to opponent."

As for the Colombian international, who scored one of the goals in Sporting's victory at Famalicão, Mário Jorge offered praise: "I liked Suárez. He also missed a chance, but it was with his goal, full of opportunism, that Sporting secured the win."

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