Elias returns to Alvalade three years after departure

Not many people would have believed it, but Elias has indeed returned to Alvalade from Corinthians, three years after first leaving the Portuguese capital. Moments after penning his new deal, the Brazilian midfielder explained the reasoning behind the move.

"I am happy to be back. It is a club I know and that wants to win the league. That is what made me want to come back. Everything happened really quickly and I was surprised but really happy with Sporting's interest. I said straight away that I wanted to come back to this great club", said Elias, before going on to explain the Bruno de Carvalho's input in the move: "The president is really good at negotiating and he dealt with everything in 24 hours. I am more experienced now and I am better tactically and positionally. I don't attack as much, but I look to do it better when I do. I don't just want to flight for titles, I want to win them. This is a chance to pick up where I left off."

Agreement with Boavista for the loan of Iuri Medeiros

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with Boavista Futebol Clube, Futebol, SAD for the loan of Iuri Medeiros until the end of the current sports season, with no option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Iuri Medeiros the best of personal and professional success.

Agreement with FC Krasnodar for the transfer of Naldo

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with FC Krasnodar for the permanent transfer of Naldo for 4,500,000.00€, with Sporting SAD maintaining 20% of the player's economic rights.

Sporting SAD wishes Naldo the best of personal and professional success.

Agreement with Moreirense for the loan of Daniel Podence

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with Moreirense Futebol Clube – Futebol, SAD for the loan of Daniel Podence until the end of the 2016/17 season, with no option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Daniel Podence the best of personal and professional success.

Agreement with VfB Stuttgart for the loan of Carlos Mané

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with VFB Stuttgart for the loan of Carlos Mané until the end of the 2017/18 sports season, with an option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Carlos Mané the best of personal and professional success.

Dutch forward put through his paces at the Sporting Academy

The Dutch forward Luc Castaignos is already in full training at the Sporting Academy with the rest of the squad.

Despite the reduced number of players at the Academy due to the international break, Bas Dost was on hand to partner up with Castaignos in his first session.

Agreement with Kaiserslautern for the loan of Ewerton

Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD has reached an agreement with FC Kaiserslautern for the loan of the player Ewerton until the end of the current sports season, with an option for a permanent transfer.

Sporting SAD wishes Ewerton the best of personal and professional success.

Sporting Clube de Portugal - Futebol, SAD

In light of news articles published throughout the day in relation to the player Adrien Silva, Sporting SAD notes the following:

1 – The player renewed his contract in February 2016 in a deal involving significant sums of money, making it absolutely clear that the extension to his contract would mean that Adrien Silva would say at the Club until the end of his career. This was expressly stated by the president of Sporting CP, the player's father and representatives before agreeing the contract.

2 – Additionally, Adrien Silva gave an interview on the 23rd of May in which he clearly said that he would not leave Sporting without winning the league.

3 – Never during recent months has anything been said to to the president or has any proposal been made for the transfer of Adrien Silva and the president has not met with the player's father or representatives for that purpose. In this light, if somebody is tricking the player then it is his representatives and not Sporting CP.

4 – Adrien Silva is a contracted professional player who knows how to respect the club as a person and an athlete. All Sporting fans see him as an example to follow.

5 – Sporting CP and its president will always defend the interests of the club and will also defend the club's assets.

6 – It is understandable at this stage that agents or representatives of athletes are a destabilising influence on players. This however will not affect how the club or its fans treats players.

João de Deus on Sporting B's recent performances

Three home matches and three losses is of course not what João de Deus was looking for from his Sporting B side.

"We are missing chances, that is evident. In the first-half we did well to make the most of the space and we should have built on that. After the break we made some changes and you could see we began to understand what we could do, but a mistake gave away a penalty. After that a bit of anxiety started to show", said the Sporting B coach after Monday's loss to Vizela, continuing: "We are frustrated with the result. A lot of players are having their first few games with their new teammates and you can't build a team is just a couple of months. We are missing a bit of concentration, but that is normal for such young players and mistakes help them grow."

Sporting B stage late comeback but finish up short of taking away points

Sporting slipped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Vizela this Monday, on Ledman LigaPro matchday 5. João de Deus made just a single change to his starting 11 for the encounter, switching out Jovane Cabral for Elves.

Team in full: Pedro Silva; David Sualehe, Ivanildo, Guilherme Ramos and Mamma Baldé; Guima, Fábio Martins, Bilel and Elves; Leonardo Ruiz and Ricardo Almeida.

The first 45 minutes were a battling affair, with every inch in the middle of the park fought for tooth and nail. As a result chances were few and far between, with only Fábio Martins' effort on half an hour worthy of note.

Vizela looked happy to sit back in defence and absorb pressure, with even the Sporting keeper pushing out to try and release Mama Baldé and Sualehe into a yard of space down the wings.

Ivanildo Fernandes' first-half performance certainly attracted attention, pulling off a massive interception in the 28th minute when Kukula was preparing to pull the trigger. Ten minutes later he pulled off the same move on Mário Mendonça.

The second-half saw Vizela open up and both sides found a bit of breathing room. A shot from Bilel in the 59th minute finished just inches wide of Pedro Albergaria's posts, but if you don't finish your chances then you are always at risk of conceding and two minute later Vizela took the lead from the penalty spot after an aleged foul from Mama Badé on Filipe Augusto.

Sporting's attacking efforts kept up, but José Ribeiro's side continued to have more than their fair share of luck, this time with Kukula converting on a cross to put the visitors two goals ahead.

João de Deus' side would have been forgiven for letting down their guard, but the Alvalade youngers showed guts and chances followed for Pedro Marques (73'), Guilherme Ramos (78') and Guima (82'). Time after time chances came painfully close, before Leonardo Ruiz finally got one back for Sporting B with a spot kick from 12 yards. However, the goal proved to be too little too late and Sporting B snow slip down to 20th in Ledman LigaPro.