The Sporting striker de Espinho Betinho “flew” this Tuesday from the neighborhoods of Aveiro to Manchester United, due to an error on the “site” of the English Football League, and saw the situation “as a joke”.
“I was having a completely normal day and started getting some pretty weird messages on Instagram. But I thought it was some kind of sick joke,” the 29-year-old striker tells Lusa.
The former under-21 international, trained at Sporting, did not want to believe the mistake made by the official website of the Premier League on the Internet, which listed him as number 11 on the list. Red Devilsin a squad with the internationals Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot.
He spoke of this Portuguese duo in a publication on the Instagram social network, ironically, because he wanted to take “this whole situation as a joke”, which saw him making headlines in sports publications around the world.
The fun also continues even when it’s time to gauge the future. “Right now I am not for sale. They would have to pay me very well to leave, ”she jokes.
The signing for England actually took place, but much earlier in his career, when the ‘lions’ loaned him to Brentford, current Premiership, in the second half of 2014/15, playing a game with that club in the Championship, the English selection. second level
In another “phase of life”, going abroad does not seem likely, among other things because he is playing close to home -he was born in Santa María de Lamas- and, in addition, he is a figurehead for some ‘tigers’ that occupy ‘play area -off’ to go up to Nationals in the AF Aveiro district.
“The year did not start very well, with a knee injury. […] I’ve already played again, I’m looking for my rhythm and the confidence I need to get back to scoring goals and be in top form”, says the former Portuguese youth international.
He played in the Under-17 and Under-19 European Championships, Toulon Tournament, and in his career he made official appearances for Sporting (main team and B team), Vitória de Setúbal, Belenenses, União da Madeira and Lusitânia de Lourosa, before Espino.
Source: TSF
