Sporting coach Ruben Amorim said this Friday that he cannot guarantee his stay at the club next season, but once again linked it to the club winning football titles.
The Lions manager has been pointed to by the likes of Liverpool and Barcelona in recent days, but he was adamant when asked if he could follow the example of Xabi Alonso, who will also be in the squad. “list” of the English team and has already guaranteed that he will continue his career at Bayer Leverkusen.
“No. I cannot guarantee this,” said Ruben Amorim in Alcochete at a press conference dedicated to the meeting with Benfica in the I League standings.
Immediately after this, he explained that he had given his “word” that if he did not win titles, he would “leave Sporting”, and emphasized that the future of the club had been “planned for a long time” by the structure.
“This is the main reason why I cannot guarantee [a continuidade em Alvalade]. Because I said so, I crossed paths with the players, and as a leader I cannot lose my word. We need to win titles, we are on the right path and for this it is very important to win this game,” he explained.
Then, when asked again about his future and whether he would leave if the club paid his release clause from Sporting, he once again focused on Saturday’s derby and insisted he was happy at Alvalade.
“The focus is on this game. I’m not going to discuss anything with Sporting, I owe a lot to Sporting, everything that has to happen will happen. But there will never be any pressure on me to leave because I owe a lot.” to this club, I’m very happy here,” said Ruben Amorim.
On Saturday, Sporting will host Benfica in the 28th round of the Portuguese Football League, which is scheduled to start at 20:30 at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, and will be refereed by Arthur Soares Dias of the Porto Association.
The team coached by Ruben Amorim leads the league with 68 points, one more than Benfica, and has played one game less than the 20th round in Famalicana.
The two clubs met for the last time on Tuesday at the Estádio da Luz, where they drew 2-2 in the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final, sending Sporting, who won the first leg, into the final. ., in Alvalade, with a score of 2-1.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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