Portuguese international striker Francisco Trincao is Sporting’s next season’s reinforcement on loan from Spain’s Barcelona, the Portuguese Football League I club announced this Wednesday as having the option to buy.
Trincao, 22, spent most of his training at Sporting de Braga, the club where he excelled in the 2019/20 season in the first team, playing 40 games, scoring 9 goals and providing 11 assists in various competitions.
“I believe I have grown a lot in recent years and that will help me this season. I want to continue to develop and give my best in every practice and every game. you can,” he promised, quoting him through the official Lions page on the Internet.
For Trincao, “Sporting is a huge club, it always has been” and he justified his decision to move with “the coach, the club, the group, the fans and everything Sporting has been lately”.
“I am very happy to be here, this is what I have wanted for some time and it has finally come true,” he added.
Good performances prompted the Spaniards from Barcelona to invest 31 million euros to sign the Portuguese, who made 42 appearances for the Catalan team in 2020/21, scoring three goals and two assists.
However, in the 2021/22 season, the striker was not part of the plans of the Blaugrana and was eventually loaned out to the English from Wolverhampton under the leadership of Bruno Lage and with several Portuguese players in the squad. three goals and an assist.
After two seasons away from Portugal, Trincao, who also played for Vianense, Porto and Palmeiras (from Braga), returns to the country to represent the Lions, meeting with coach Ruben Amorim, who worked with the striker at Sporting Braga.
Trincao became Sporting’s fifth player this season after Uruguayan goalkeeper Franco Israel and Dutch defender Jeremiah St. Johns. Juste, from Japanese midfielder Morita and striker Roshinha.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
