Exclusive Leonino confirmed: Nuno Santos set for Sporting return 🦁 | OneFootball

Nuno Santos is expected to play for Sporting again at the end of October, as our newspaper reported exclusively at the beginning of this week. The national sports press has confirmed that the left winger’s recovery plan is proceeding as scheduled and points to the aforementioned date for the player’s return to the pitch.

The newspaper ‘A Bola’ writes, this Thursday, September 25, that Rui Borges’ protégé should be available in the last days of next month. The player is still experiencing some pain and the Club’s Performance Department wants to protect him from a relapse or even a new injury.

Nuno Santos could even return to the pitch after the next international break, in time to join Sporting’s squad that will face Marseille on October 22, in a match for the third round of the Champions League.

The winger was injured on October 26, 2024, almost 11 months ago. It is worth remembering that this is the third time in the player’s career that he has suffered a serious injury to his right knee. He had already suffered a patellar tendon rupture in that part of his body in 2015, when he played for Benfica, and again in 2018, when he was with Rio Ave.

In 2024/25, wearing the Sporting shirt, Nuno Santos – valued at 9 million euros – has played only 10 matches: seven in Liga Portugal Betlic, two in the Champions League, and one in the Portuguese Cup. In the 606 minutes he spent on the pitch, the player scored one goal (Sturm Graz) and provided one assist (Portimonense).

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