Leicester City were one of several Premier League sides to send scouts to watch Benfica’s clash with Sporting on Friday night.
That’s according to A Bola, who say the Foxes had someone in attendance to run their eye over the top of the table clash.
There’s no mention of who Brendan Rodgers side were there to watch in the game, which ended in a 3-1 win for Sporting, but the standout performer was midfielder Matheus Nunes, who bagged a goal and an assist in all around excellent performance.
All three of Sporting’s forwards, Paulinho, Pote and Paulo Sarabia, were also in fine form, as was midfielder Manuel Ugarte and defender Pedro Porro.
It was Nunes who stole the show, although he is yet to be linked to Leicester as far as we’re aware. Interestingly, the one Sporting player they have been linked with is Joao Palhinha, but he missed this game.
On the Benfica side of things, Everton put in a solid display, and so did Joao Mario, but it’s hard to see Leicester being interested in either of them.
This is the second time we’ve seen reports of Leicester being at a Benfica game, though, as they were known to have watched the clash with Spartak Moscow back in August.
It seems likely they’ve got their eye on someone in the Benfica squad then, and the obvious choice would be Darwin Nunez, although he had a rotten time of things in this game.
Either way, they’re definitely scouting someone, and if they weren’t, perhaps Nunes will have earned their attention after this game.
