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Sporting switch suits Caicedo

05 Jul 2009 - 13:56:55

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Ecuador international Felipe Caicedo looks certain to be leaving Manchester City and moving to Sporting Lisbon at some point this summer.

The 20-year-old is keen to taste Champions League football, something the Portuguese side can offer him.

Caicedo, who will find it difficult to be a first-team regular in the new season following the arrival of Roque Santa Cruz at Eastlands and proposed purchase of Carlos Tevez, told the News of the World: "I haven't heard anything from City so my ideas about leaving haven't changed.

"I want to play in the Champions League and that's why Sporting Lisbon will be a good alternative for me.

"I know Sporting have contacted my agents but now I'll have to wait and see."

Caicedo was signed by former City boss Sven Goran Eriksson and has found the net eight times in 35 appearances for the club.