Portugal international João Moutinho said on Friday that joining Sporting de Braga was the “right step” at this stage of his career, stressing that the “wanted” feeling was essential to complete the transfer.
“I feel very happy, it is a great pleasure to be here and represent Sporting de Braga and I hope to help the club achieve its goals. Sporting de Braga has shown greatness over the years and how it has developed In the panorama nationally and even internationally has shown the ability to compete with all other teams and I came to try to raise the level and do my best to achieve the objectives, which are becoming more and more ambitious. I am also in everything, I hope to help conquer different things,” said the second most capped player ever for Portugal club media.
João Moutinho, who has been linked with FC Porto in recent weeks, with most of the press taking the veteran midfielder for granted in the ‘dragons’, said it was “the right move” at this stage of his career.
“They made me feel wanted and that’s what a player wants: to feel useful, to feel wanted. We know we can believe what people say here. For me it was one of the good things that made that I moved on and came here.”, he revealed.
The player, who has been without a club since June after his contract with English side Wolverhampton expired, said he wanted to add “joy at work, wellbeing, competitiveness, experience, always wanting to win no matter what” to the squad. .
“We must always want to win, we must be united. I want to add a voice, knowing that there are several, but I am one more to help. Then my quality, will, will, ambition, I hope to do all that on the field and to my companions,” he said.
Playing in European competitions, with Sporting de Braga trying to reach the Champions League group stage at this point, was another aspect that made the veteran player rise to the challenge.
“I can’t hide that coming to play in Europe was one of the things that made me accept the challenge. We are well on our way to playing in the best UEFA competitions, we have the players for that,” he said.
The 36-year-old (turns 37 in two weeks) also said having “old friends” in the squad, such as Castro, Jose Fonte, Ricardo Horta or Rony Lopes, also weighed in the choice.
João Moutinho has signed for one season with Sporting de Braga.
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Source: DN
