Ex-Liverpool striker Sinama-Pongolle heads for Sporting

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LISBON, Dec 26, 2009 (AFP) - Former Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle has agreed to move from struggling Spanish side Atletico Madrid to Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese team announced on Saturday.

"An agreement in principle has been reached with Atletico Madrid and Florent Sinama-Pongolle in view to a transfer on January 1," said a Sporting statement.

According to the Diario de Noticias newspaper, French international Sinama-Pongolle will cost Sporting, who are fifth in the table and 12 points behind leaders Sporting Braga and Benfica, around six million euros.

Sinama-Pongolle, 25, started his career at Le Havre before spending three years at Liverpool between 2003 and 2006.

After two years at Recreativo in Spain, he moved to Atletico Madrid in 2008 but struggled to hold down a first team place in the face of competition from Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero.