Just four key players in a squad that always plays a defensive line of three is a weakness identified since the summer market shutdown, which immediately left Sporting’s management awake for business opportunities. However, the alarms went off at Alvalad after the 1-5 defeat with Ajax, a match in which Coates missed the sporting defense captain and president for the penalty, and in which Gonzalo Inacio (21 minutes) left, with these weaknesses to stay in the open. Therefore, the opportunity has become a commercial necessity for Rúben Amorim’s defensive reinforcement to enter the winter market. Until then, when necessary, alternatives must be found within the group or with young people in the composition.
Gonçalo Inácio, 20 years old; Coates, 30; Fadl, 32; Luis Netto, 33. These are the four main defenders in Sporting A.’s squad. Coates’ penalty match in the first round of the Champions League, as well as Inacio’s injury, revealed the dearth of options available for the position, with Ricardo Esgayo invited to fill in the departure of the number 25 shirt. – Mateus Reis is the other option, but it is. Not central either, having played in the second half but on the left wing, instead of Wenger.
The acquisition of another central defender is a possibility that has already come from last season, but has fallen behind, as financial difficulties are forcing them to make choices in the market that have been boosted by other sectors. The summer window closed on August 31st, and the vulnerability, which had been identified for so long, left the Lions immediately on the alert for business opportunities that would allow them to rent another center in the Winter Market, which will open in January 2022. Yesterday’s fair is in the stream The river and the problems of building the defensive trio for the Ajax match upstream end by making the opportunity miss the need.
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