Rui Borges' key player needs surgery, Sporting to make a decision... | OneFootball

Geovany Quenda is scheduled to undergo surgery next Tuesday, December 16, in London. The player is dealing with an injury to the fifth metatarsal of his right foot, suffered during the derby against Benfica, and will be sidelined from the Sporting squad for two months.

Sporting’s Performance Unit is said to have contacted Chelsea’s medical department—the club that bought the Sporting starlet for €52M—as soon as they learned the extent of his injury. Both the Lions and the Blues agreed that the best course of action would be surgery, but that it should be performed in England, with recovery to take place at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

This is the first serious injury Geovany Quenda has suffered since being promoted to Sporting’s first team—something that happened last summer, when he was just 17 years old. Now, the ‘number 7’ is set to be absent for Rui Borges at one of the most sensitive moments of the season, given the accumulation of injuries, especially Pote; and the absence of Geny Catamo, who will be competing in the AFCON.

It’s worth remembering that, last season, Quenda was one of the players with the most minutes for Sporting. With 54 matches played in 2024/25, the 18-year-old star was on the pitch for 3,660 minutes and even became the youngest ever to reach 50 appearances.

In the current sports season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Geovany Quenda—valued at 45 million euros—has played in 22 matches for the Lions. In his 1,271 minutes on the field, the Club de Alvalade prodigy has already scored five goals and provided eight assists.

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