Coach Rúben Amorim said on Wednesday that he could call Pablo Sarabia to convince him to return to Sporting, but stressed that his focus is on improving the players in the club’s formation.
“I would be able to call Pablo [Sarabia]but right now I’m more focused on making Rodrigo [Ribeiro]the best player to be an option in our team”, shot the coach, at a press conference, in Alcochete.
Amorim was asked about news indicating the discontent of the Paris Saint-Germain striker, who was on loan to the ‘lions’ last season, and if he would be able to call the player to convince him to return to Alvalade.
The coach acknowledged that the Spaniard “was very important” and “one of the main managers” of the season that Sporting played in 2021/22, “even without the national title”, but recalled that the club continues to have a “cap wage”. Too low for what the forward receives in France, he acknowledged the “limitations” of the ‘lions’ in this matter and recalled that he has to “make room for the kids” in the team.
“So, I would say that I look more at Rodrigo than Pablo’s return, knowing that he is a great player, that he fits into our reality, in terms of knowing what it takes to play for Sporting, but I am quite focused. about the homegrown players and, in this case, about Rodrigo [Ribeiro] that he will begin to have more space in our team”, he explained.
Still on possible entries and exits of players, the coach confirmed that “there are other clubs” who want Sporting players, such as Pedro Porro, but guaranteed that the Spanish winger will only leave in January “due to the termination clause.”
“What they told me is that you can leave only because of the clause and if it is because of the clause we can’t do anything. He is doing very well, he is experiencing one of the best moments of his career, he is very focused on Sporting. We are prepared for everything and we know that there are clubs that can pay the clause, but until that happens, Pedro [Porro] is safe,” Amorim assumed.
Later, questioned about his degree of confidence in this guarantee by the club’s management, after having “lost” Matheus Nunes against Wolverhampton, in August, Amorim revealed that this matter was discussed with those responsible during the renewal process. your contract.
“What they told me now is that Pedro Porro only leaves for the [de rescisão] And, when we fix things between us, I trust and believe again what they tell me,” he said.
Rúben Amorim commented on the news of Pablo Sarabia and Pedro Porro at a press conference prior to the meeting with Paços de Ferreira, on matchday 14 of the Portuguese Football League, which begins at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, at Estádio José Alvalade, in Lisbon, and refereed by António Nobre (AF Leiria).
In the I Liga, interrupted since mid-May by the World Cup in Qatar, Sporting remains in fourth place, with 25 points, behind Sporting de Braga (28), FC Porto (29) and the leader Benfica (37). ).
Source: TSF
