Sporting Lisbon Eyeing Move For Super Eagles Hopeful Cyriel Dessers

Published: December 07, 2019

According to Portuguese sports daily A Bola, Primeira Liga powerhouse Sporting Lisbon are eyeing a move for Heracles Almelo striker Cyriel Dessers, who recently committed his international future to Nigeria.

Sporting Lisbon are the second European club linked with a move for the Eredivisie top scorer this week, after Italian Serie A outfit Cagliari.

The scouting team of the Lions has been keeping tabs on the Dutch top-flight this season and identified the Super Eagles hopeful as a potential signing.

Sporting CP have scored 19 goals in 12 league matches this term, with top scorer Bruno Fernandes, who is a midfielder, accounting for five of the goals, and they are looking to bolster their attacking options by signing a new striker in the January transfer window.

In addition to Dessers' 11 goals in 15 league games this season, he has scored another two in the TOTO KNVB beker, and has registered five assists in all competitions.

The 24-year-old previously played for Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Lokeren, NAC Breda and FC Utrecht.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel