The subject of Gyokeres' legal letter is to blame Sporting president Federico Varandas for his absence from preseason training with the club taking disciplinary action against him. Record says Gyokeres insists Varandas has gone back on a promise regarding the price he could leave Sporting this summer,

SUNDERLAND completed their pre-season trip to Portugal with a 1-0 defeat to Sporting CP in the Algarve. As was the case in Saturday’s drawn game with Sevilla, Regis Le Bris fielded two almost completely different teams for each 45 minutes against a Sporting side that were crowned Primeira Liga champions last season.

Despite a narrow 1-0 loss to the Portuguese champions, Sunderland dominated large swathes of play and, if not for profligate finishing, should have at least secured a draw.

Manchester United were offered a chance to hijack Arsenal's transfer move for Viktor Gyokeres for a second week in a row by Sporting CP, but the Swedish striker has made it clear that his preferred destination remains Arsenal.

Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) and Franco Israel (Sporting CP) are among the Torino targets to replace Napoli-bound Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.Torino are looking for replacements for their goalkeeper

Standout Sunderland subplots and strange sightings as Sporting clash delivers more than just the score in PortugalRégis Le Bris’ side faced Sporting CP – the reigning Portuguese champions – at the Estadio Algarve on Monday night,

Sporting CP are currently in talks with Almeria to sign their forward Luis Javier Suárez this summer transfer window. According to football transfer

Watch the highlights from the second of the pre-season matches in Portugal as the Hoops defeated Sporting CP with a hard-fought 2-0 win over the Primeira Liga  champions in the Algarve. Reo Hatate