The future of Sporting’s first team is assured. During this international break, between the under-16 and under-21 categories, Sporting transfers around thirty players to the national teams. It is the most represented club in the under-17 (eight), under-19 (9) and under-20 (five) categories. TO TSF He interviewed Tomaz Morais, Sporting’s youth football director, who guarantees that the future of the first team is promising.
“These figures mean that we have between 22 and 24 players from a very close generation playing in the national team. This guarantees the continuity of the quality of Sporting players in the main team,” says Tomaz Morais.
In these statements to TSFSporting’s youth football director explains the reasons that led to these numbers: “It is essentially the result of the work of the players themselves. They have enormous dedication. And it is this desire, this belief, this quality that has been rewarded. “For Sporting. It is very important that the players represent their national teams. It is always a source of pride for the club.”
There are more and more training academies in Portugal, with Sporting being the pioneer and the last one to appear was SC Braga, recently. Tomaz Morais is aware that “today there are more and more quality structures in Portugal and there will be more, but without good opponents no one grows.” This manager recognizes that “this is good for the future of Portuguese football”, adding that at Sporting “much more than the structures are the human values” that are transmitted to the players and that “is the most important thing.”
Source: TSF
