Alan Ruiz and João Palhinha

Sporting Clube de Portugal's medical department has released the following clinical information:

Alan Ruiz
Injury to ligaments in left knee
Expected recover time: 6 to 8 weeks

João Palhinha
Myalgia in right adductor muscles
Specific training

Information from the Sporting CP medical department

Sporting Clube de Portugal's medical department has released the following clinical update:

Alan Ruiz: Flu

Joel Campbell: twisted knee

Lukas Spalvis: recovering from knee surgery

Ezequiel Schelotto: injury to the right calf muscle

Alan Ruiz affirms Sporting's credentials on every front

Alan Ruiz sat down for an interview with the sports newspaper Record this week.

For the Argentinean, there is little doubt on how high the bar should be set for Sporting this season: "I would bet on Sporting to win the league right now. Sporting tries in every competition and always plays for the win. Not just in the league, but in every competition. Every team we play against wants to win, because we are one of Europe's top clubs."

Sporting CP tally first pre-season win with goals from Alan Ruiz, João Pereira and Jefferson

Jorge Jesus side claimed their first pre-season scalp this Thursday afternoon, with a 3-1 win against Nyonnais secured by a team totally different to the XI who started against Monaco a day earlier.

The first-half actually started well for Nyonnais, with Sporting giving up a little too much space in th area, however Stojkovic was able to make a stop. From then on it was all one-way traffic controlled by the team from Alvalade. Sporting's first chance came through a stroke of creativity from Aquilani, when the Italian picked out Alan Ruiz for a shot that was deflected wide. Next up it as Bruno César, brought down for a penalty that Alan Ruiz converted on for his first goal in a Sporting shirt.

Leading on the scoreboard, Jesus' side settled and more chances naturally followed. A string of good play down the wing between Bruno César and Jefferson create another chance for the latter, before Aquilani fired off target after a counter-attack led by Alan Ruiz. A deserved second goal came after a move down the right flank, rounded off by a pass from Alan Ruiz to release João Pereira for the finish.

Their was still time for another strike before the break. After Spalvis wasted a handful of chances to write his own name on the scoresheet, Jefferson netted a penalty to make it 3-0.

As would be largely expected at this stage of the season, the second-half saw the pace slow and the Swiss side made the most of it to pull a goal back through Besnik almost immediately after the restart. Sporting responded with a couple of chances of their own, first with Iuri Medeiros putting a shot painfully wide and later with Barcos denied by the keeper.

Sporting will next be in action at 18h00GMT on Saturday, against Zenit.

Lukas Spalvis, Alan Ruiz and Federico Ruiz sign in at Alvalade

Sporting has announced the signing of the Lithuanian Lukas Spalvis from Aalborg and the two Argentineans Alan Ruiz and Federico Ruiz from Colón. The forward penned a deal valid until 2018, with an option to extend until 2021 and with a buy-out clause of 60,000,000.00€. The two South Americans signed until 2020 and both have buy-out clauses for 60,000,000.00€.

Lukas Spalvis, who at the age of 21 has already been capped for the Lithuanian national team, was Aalborg's main weapon going forward, bagging 17 goals in 29 appearances. The young striker began his career in Germany with SV weil, before moving to Freiburg and eventually on to Aalborg in 2013.

Alan Ruiz, 22, arrives from Colón and is an offensive midfielder who can also play as a striker. He scored seven goals in just nine games played this season. After putting pen to paper, the Argentinean proved excited by the chance to shine in Alvalade: "Jorge Jesus is amongst the four best coaches in the world and it will be a privilege to work with a coach as important as him. Sporting is a great club that will be in the Champions League. The team really knows how to work the ball around well and the squad is full of players from national teams."