Newcastle midfielder Hugo Viana has returned to his old club Sporting Lisbon on a season-long loan deal. The 21-year-old has been unhappy at St James' Park and narrowly missed out on a move back to his native country when a switch to Porto collapsed.
Viana has slipped down the pecking order at Newcastle after initially sparkling when Sir Bobby Robson brought him to the club for �8.5m in 2002.
He is the second midfielder to leave Newcastle this summer after Gary Speed.
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