Nuno Santos set to return to Sporting training soon... | OneFootball

Nuno Santos is ready to be reintegrated into Sporting’s training sessions. After 389 days of absence due to injury, the ‘number 11’ of the green and whites is preparing to train under Rui Borges as the first team returns to the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, following three days off – which he himself gave up.

The information is being reported by the newspaper A Bola, which guarantees that the player will be a standout presence in this Wednesday’s session, November 19. Should this happen, the winger now faces a ‘pre-season’, with the main goal being to regain his lost match fitness.

Nuno Santos has been out of Sporting’s options since October 26, 2024, after suffering an injury during the 9th round of the 2024/25 Liga season, in Sporting’s away match against Famalicão. Tests confirmed a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee, and he subsequently underwent surgery.

This absence was supposed to have ended at the end of last season, during the Portuguese Cup final against Benfica. However, that did not happen and his return kept being postponed, but now the time seems to have come.

Nuno Santos – valued at 7 million euros – joined Sporting in 2020 from Rio Ave for 4.15 million euros (according to Transfermarkt). Since then, the 30-year-old winger has played 196 matches, scored 34 goals, provided 42 assists, and won seven titles (three National Championships, one Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, one Portuguese Cup, and two League Cups).

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