Player with 192 games for Sporting left out of Porto clash, reason revealed | OneFootball

Sporting's coach did not call for the match against Porto one of the elements with more games wearing the lion's jersey that was available in the squad

Ricardo Esgaio is likely leaving Sporting. The right-back was not on the match sheet in the game that the lions played last Saturday, against Porto, counting for the fourth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, where Rui Borges' team was defeated 2-1.

Rui Borges did not call Ricardo Esgaio for the match, one of the players with the most experience in the green and white squad. Meanwhile, the reasons have been revealed: the newspaper A Bola reports that the absence of the Portuguese player was due to a probable departure from Alvalade in the coming days.

The situation of Ricardo Esgaio has been extended during the summer. The green and white full-back started by being one of the 'dispensables' of the Sporting team, and the situation did not improve with the arrival of competitors for his position, namely the Greek Vagiannidis.

With reduced space in Rui Borges' squad, and with the contract with the lions ending soon, Ricardo Esgaio was very close to leaving Sporting and heading to Corinthians this summer, something that did not happen due to debts that the Brazilian emblem has from previous businesses.

Staying in Alvalade was a possibility, but, with the approach of the end of the transfer window, Turkey emerged as a likely destination for Ricardo Esgaio, who has already missed the game with Porto due to this deal which, according to the Portuguese press, is imminent.

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