Athletic coach Rubén Amorim refused this Thursday to confirm the sale of footballer Manuel Ugarte to Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, but admitted at the Alcochete Academy that there are several clubs interested in signing the midfielder.
“I can’t confirm anything because this part is beyond me. Obviously, it is difficult to keep players like Ugarte who have the interests of several clubs, not one, but several, ”the Lions coach emphasized at the Preview Press conference of Friday’s match against Wisela, the 34th and final round of the I League.
On the other hand, Amorim recalled that the club’s project “has something to sell” and that the team failed to qualify for the Champions League “and that hinders planning”, but returning to the Uruguayan midfielder suggested that he would like the issue to be resolved. immediately after the last round of the championship.
“Obviously all transfers have a process and you shouldn’t force things. Like a coach, that’s all, tomorrow [sexta-feira], after the game, you can sell. Players who are going to sell can leave now. All the coaches would have answered this so that we could prepare more calmly,” he explained.
As for the match against Wisela, as before the last round of the previous season, Amorim once again put forward the starting line-up, which will consist of Franco [Israel], [Ricardo] squirt, [Gonçalo] Ignatius, Seba [Coates], [Matheus] Reis, Nuno Santos, Dario [Essugo]Morita, Pot [Pedro Goçalves]Paulinho and Trincao.
The manager declined to say whether he had already made decisions regarding the future of players like Bellerin or reveal which players he intends to hire next season because he knows “what it does to players before the game”, but he justified the Israeli ownership and Essugo.
“Franc [Israel] gave a great answer [frente ao Benfica], will return to the starter. During the season, we knew that Adan was the best decision, but we knew from the very beginning and always talked about it before he played, that Franco instilled confidence in the coaches,” summed up the goalkeeper, who replaced the suspended Adan in the derby.
Of Essugo, he recalled that “the fact that the B team is struggling to survive” in Ligue 3 and that the first team “are not in such a comfortable phase” delayed the “minutes” he intended to give the youngster, who is only 18 years old, and he will join the team in the 2023/24 season.
“Darijo will stabilize in the first team next season. If we want to give Dario minutes and change everyone around, this creates difficulties. We have an idea, there are things in the team’s defensive movement that we want to see in this play with the best team to win the game,” he concluded.
Sporting will visit Vizela on Friday for the match of the 34th and final round of the Portuguese Football League 2022/23 season, which starts at 21:15 at the Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela.
The team led by Rubén Amorim is playing in Mignot to keep up with the schedule, as they are already confident that they will finish the championship in fourth place, while the Viselians, although they have not yet decided on the final classification, have already secured the retention in the I Liga in the next era .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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