Sporting center-back, Tonel, has signed for Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb. With the purchase and emergence of Nuno Coelho, and with Carrico having cemented his place in the starting eleven, Tonel would have found it hard to find playing time for the Lions. So, no doubt with some encouragement by Sporting coach Paulo Sergio, Tonel decided that moving was his only chance for playing time. Tonel pledged “hard work” and said: “I am eager to start training and playing”