Luis Suárez sets clear target to help Sporting move on from Gyokeres | OneFootball

Luis Suárez does not want to put numbers on the table, but it is well known at Alvalade that he has his personal goals clearly defined for his first season with Sporting. For now, the Colombian is pleasing Rui Borges, but there is still a long road ahead.

According to information revealed by the newspaper A Bola, the striker for the green and whites – who joined the team to replace Viktor Gyokeres – intends to reach the same numbers he achieved in the 2024/25 season with Almería, where he scored 31 goals and provided eight assists.

At this stage, Suárez still divides opinions at Alvalade, since, especially in the match against Kairat in the Champions League, the player has been 'accused' of missing many goal opportunities. Nevertheless, Rui Borges is pleased with his work: "He is a complete striker, I have no doubt that he will score goals. And Fotis [Ioannidis] as well. There has been talk about Luis’s link-up play, but he is more than that; he makes good diagonal runs, has great timing, and gives the team greater depth. He is a player who gives the team a viability that I like and Fotis will provide the same, because he also likes to link up, to break away, and that also creates depth," he emphasized.

This season, wearing the green and white stripes, Luis Suárez – valued at 8 million euros – has played seven matches. The Colombian from Sporting has participated in every official game at the start of the season: five in Liga Portugal, one in the Champions League, and another in the Super Cup. In the 522 minutes he has played, the striker has scored three goals and provided three assists.

The green and white team will be back on the pitch this Monday, September 22, against Moreirense, in a match for the sixth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The match against the team led by Vasco Botelho da Costa will be played at 8:15 pm at Estádio José Alvalade.

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