Palhinha and Zalazar at Sporting? Rui Borges on both players | OneFootball

At the press conference ahead of the match between Rio Ave and Sporting, Rui Borges refused to comment directly on the possibility of João Palhinha returning to the Alvalade club and on a potential transfer of Rodrigo Zalazar.

“I’m not going to stand here talking about Palhinha. I understand your side and why you do it, but I’m not going to talk about players who are at other clubs. Quite honestly, we still don’t know what will happen in terms of departures, let alone arrivals.”

Rui Borges also stressed that this is not the right time to discuss the transfer market, reminding everyone that Sporting still have immediate objectives to achieve. The coach insisted that the group is fully focused on the final matches of the season.

“I’m very focused on these three matches because there is still a lot at stake for us and we cannot let our guard down; we’ve already let it down too much,” he added, in a message of internal demand and a warning about what is still left to play for.

Asked also about possible transfer moves, namely Braga’s midfielder, Rui Borges again shut down the subject: “You can keep insisting on those questions today, and you certainly will, because in recent days people have been talking more about the market than anything else. I’m not going to talk about players from other clubs, obviously.”

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