{"id":11751,"date":"2023-01-28T12:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T12:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/sporting-interested-in-bellerin-talks-with-tottenham-continue-over-polo\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T12:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T12:22:49","slug":"sporting-interested-in-bellerin-talks-with-tottenham-continue-over-polo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/sporting-interested-in-bellerin-talks-with-tottenham-continue-over-polo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting interested in Bellerin, talks with Tottenham continue over polo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sporting Lisbon are exploring the possibility of signing Hector Bellerin from Barcelona as they consider a replacement for Pedro Polo should he join Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting are still in talks with Spurs over a deal for Polo, but so far there has been no progress in talks.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting rivals Porto will face the 23-year-old in Saturday night&#8217;s Portuguese League Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>However, a deal could still be agreed before Tuesday&#8217;s deadline, and Bellerin is open to the possibility of joining Sporting as a possible replacement for Polo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.theathletic.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=128,height=128,fit=cover,format=auto\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/25055040\/PEDRO-PORRO-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"Deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">Deeper<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">Tottenham to meet with Sporting Lisbon over Pedro Polo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 27-year-old former Arsenal player has found it hard to find game time since joining Barcelona from north London in the summer, when his contract expires in June.<\/p>\n<p>So far there has been no contact between the two clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Since signing for the club, Bellerin has been limited to just seven appearances, making just three appearances in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth-placed Sporting in the Primeira Liga first contacted Brighton &#038; Hove Albion to inquire about the possibility of signing Tariq Lamptey.<\/p>\n<p>But Brighton are determined to keep the 22-year-old Ghana international.<\/p>\n<p>If Polo leaves the club in the next four days, it will be difficult to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>His performances at Sporting earned him one senior cap for Spain under Luis Enrique in March 2021, which qualified for the World Cup qualifiers against Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>This season, he has been a consistent fixture for Ruben Amorim&#8217;s Sporting side, scoring 3 goals and providing 11 assists in 25 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.theathletic.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=128,height=128,fit=cover,format=auto\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/24130430\/0123_JaumeRoures-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"Deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo above: Aitor Alcalde\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);\n        fbq('init', '207679059578897');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiVmh0dHBzOi8vdGhlYXRobGV0aWMuY29tLzQxMzM0MjMvMjAyMy8wMS8yOC9zcG9ydGluZy10b3R0ZW5oYW0tdHJhbnNmZXItYmVsbGVyaW4tcG9ycm8v0gFcaHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhdGhsZXRpYy5jb20vNDEzMzQyMy8yMDIzLzAxLzI4L3Nwb3J0aW5nLXRvdHRlbmhhbS10cmFuc2Zlci1iZWxsZXJpbi1wb3Jyby8_YW1wPTE?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Sporting Lisbon are exploring the possibility of signing Hector Bellerin from Barcelona as they consider a replacement for Pedro Polo should he join Tottenham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1438156837-1024x683.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}