The Colombian striker reached five in the Primeira League and leads the list of players with the greatest increase in market value in Portugal.
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Luis Javier Suárez He lives his best start of the season since he landed in European football. The Colombian striker was decisive again with the Sporting de Lisboa By marking the only goal in the 0-1 victory over Estoril, for the seventh day of the Primeira League. With his goal, the green and white team reached the 18 points And it remains a collide next to Porto, confirming that the fight for the top of the Portuguese championship will have a direct duel between giants.
The coffeeman was chosen Best Meeting Playera recognition that already begins to be custom at the start of the season. His numbers support him: Five goals and two assists in seven league gamesa statistic that has made it the main offensive reference of the team. Its impact is so great that in Portugal there is already talk of how it has managed to forget Viktorthe Swedish scorer who left this summer to English football.
Technician Rui Borges himself did not hide his satisfaction with the performance of Suárez, although he was critical of the collective performance of Sporting. “It was the game that I least liked our team so far. We had to show another competitive attitude. But Luis is Luis: he played a magnificent game again and has helped the team a lot,” he said after the victory.
A market that recognizes it
Suárez's great moment is not only reflected in the grass, but also in its valuation as a market asset. The specialized portal Transfer market He revealed in his most recent update that the Colombian was the footballer who most increased his price in Portugal: +14 million euroswhich currently places it in the 22 million. That jump places it in the same range as other emerging championship, such as the Greek Fotis Ioannidis (his attack partner at Sporting) and the Norwegian Victor Froholdt, midfielder of Porto.
Suárez's growth confirms the capacity of the Portuguese League to enhance talents and serve as a springboard towards more powerful markets. Next to him, other names that appear on the list of greater valorization are the Serbian Franjo Ivanovic (Benfica), the Colombian Richard Ríos (Benfica) and Borja Sainz (Porto).
Immediate Challenge: The Champions
Consolidated as a local figure, Suarez will now have a larger challenge: the Champions League. Sporting will visit Napoli this Wednesday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, on the second day of the group stage. There, the coffee striker will seek to prolong his streak before a continental weight rival and demonstrate that his explosion is not a passenger phenomenon, but the confirmation of a striker in full competitive maturity.
In Lisbon they see it as an unstoppable scorer, in Portugal they already catalog it as one of the great protagonists of the season and in the European market it begins to be looked at as a luxury asset. Luis Suárez, the Colombian of Sporting, is writing at full speed the brightest chapter of his career.
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