Soccer / Football : Portugal : Super Liga 2009/2010

Sporting Portugal have signed Pedro Mendes from Rangers for a fee thought to be about €1.7m. The 30-year-old Portuguese midfielder back to his native league after five and a half seasons in British football with Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and, since the summer of 2008, Rangers in Scotland. Mendes has agreed a two-and-a-half year contract with Sporting.

Porto have made their first signing of the January window by acquiring Portuguese midfielder Ruben Micael on a four-and-a-half-year contract from league rivals Nacional. Porto have paid €3m for 60% of the 23-year-old player's rights. Despite scoring just two goals in 16 league matches this term, Micael has an impressive strike rate in Europe with five goals in six UEFA Europa League matches for Nacional.

Meanwhile, Fiorentina have reached an agreement with Porto for Argentine midfielder Mario Bolatti. No details over a transfer fee or contract have been released for the 24-year-old, who played only 15 league games with Porto since joining in 2007 from Argentinian club Belgrano. Bolatti impressed during a successful loan stint at Huracan in his homeland during the 2009 season, when he was voted the league's best player.