The president of Sporting, Frederico Varandas, was on Monday “concerned” about the present and the future of professional football in Portugal, lamenting the clubs’ budgets currently “limited by the country’s economic conditions.”
“I am very concerned about the future of the clubs, specifically the Portuguese, which is responsible for keeping Portugal in the European ranking, and I am very concerned about the conditions we have to compete”, transmitted, without reservation, the person in charge of Sporting. , before the press present at the Football Talks forum, held at the Cidade do Futebol, in Oeiras.
Frederico Varandas participated in the debates of the event and addressed the growing difficulties in generating competitive budgets compared to other European realities, another problem that worries the president of Sporting.
“There has been a lot of talk about the sale of players and I invite everyone to analyze it carefully (…) and you will see that if it were not for the extraordinary income from the sale of players, these three teams would never have [Sporting, Benfica e FC Porto] could afford the budget to compete in a competition like the Champions League,” he stressed.
According to the leader of the ‘lions’, the budgets are “limited by the economic conditions of the country”.
“Unfortunately, we have a country that is increasingly marginal in Europe, with little purchasing power, with a very high tax regime and in which the sum of all income will always have a much lower value than the rest of the Leagues,” he lamented. resigned. with the economic conditions of football and the country in general, which he considers meager.
Regarding Sporting, in particular, Frederico Varandas expresses “pride”.
“Sporting today is a much more structured, prepared, sustainable and competitive club. When I say competitive, I mean fighting for all the titles in domestic competitions”, he stated, satisfied with the work done at the ‘leonine’ club during his mandate.
Source: TSF
