Fabio Coentrao: Sporting Clube de Portugal loan confirmed
Real Madrid's Portuguese full-back is to spend the 2017/18 campaign at the Primeira Liga outfit, both clubs have announced.
Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao is to spend the 2017/18 season at Portuguese Primeira Liga club Sporting Clube de Portugal, it has been confirmed.
In a short statement published on their official website on Wednesday, Los Blancos announced: "Real Madrid C. F. and Sporting Clube de Portugal have agreed the loan of the player Fabio Coentrao until 30 June 2018."
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Meanwhile, Sporting wished the player "the greatest professional and personal happiness" during his forthcoming spell at the Estadio José Alvalade.
Welcome to the Lions, @Fabio_Coentrao! 💪 pic.twitter.com/gCJ2LgmLbl
— Sporting CP English 🏆 (@SportingCP_en) July 5, 2017
Loaned by Real after playing just six times in 2016/17
Coentrao, who joined Real in 2011 from Benfica, Sporting's city rivals, was a peripheral figure at the Bernabéu last term, making just six appearances.
It is the second time that the 29-year-old Portugal cap has been loaned out by the LaLiga club, having played for Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco in the 2015/16 campaign.
Coentrao "very happy" to seal Sporting loan
On his Twitter account, Coentrao said: "Very happy to be given the chance to play for this great club".
Muito feliz por ter a oportunidade de jogar neste grande clube pic.twitter.com/pLjty4mc8k
— Fabio Coentrao (@Fabio_Coentrao) July 5, 2017