After Sporting’s victory over Benfica, which led the white-green team to the title, this Sunday there was news that shocked the Leo universe. And this has to do with the contract situation and the future of Ruben Amorim. According to Fabrizio Romano, a journalist specializing in market movements, the Leonin coach has a verbal agreement with the club (president Frederico Varandas and sporting director Hugo Viana) under which he can leave the club. Sporting for 10 million euros if an offer arises for the “shark” of European football. Emblems such as Liverpool or Barcelona were associated with interest in the 39-year-old Portuguese coach.
Ruben Amorim’s contract with Sporting includes two protective clauses: 30 million compensation in case of transfer to the Portuguese club until 2026; and 20 million for studying abroad. Those 10 million that Romano is talking about now trample on these values. And they make it easier to get out of the agreement.
If these assumptions are correct and if they are real, Amorim will be able to leave Alvalade for less than what Sporting paid Braga in 2020: 10 million euros plus about 4 million interest.
The topic of Ruben Amorim’s departure from Sporting has been repeated in recent weeks, and the coach himself has already given a guarantee: he will leave the club if the football team does not win titles this season. In a successful scenario, it will be the market’s appetite that will put pressure on Amorim to take him to a new trajectory in his still short coaching career.
Coach launches campaign against excessive euphoriaStopping the excessive euphoria in the dressing room has been Ruben Amorim’s priority in managing his working group since Saturday night. According to CM, this theme will be the coach’s workhorse from now until the end of the season. Or until the team’s classification in the championship is determined.
This Sunday the team trained at the Academy, still recovering from the victory over Benfica. But Amorim warned that nothing had been won and that without the title, nothing would be meaningful.
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