Benfica outcast sends message to Mourinho and Bruno Lage | OneFootball

Tiago Gouveia expressed regret for leaving Benfica. Currently on a one-year loan at Nice, the former Eagles player spoke about his departure and lamented not having the opportunity to work with José Mourinho, while also sending a message to the Special One, indirectly addressing Bruno Lage at the same time.

“Whether I would have made the same decision or not... I am, by nature, a vertical winger and coach José Mourinho seems to like more vertical wingers,” the footballer began in a recent interview with Sport TV.

“Lukebakio had quite a bit of playing time before the injury. Rodrigo Rêgo himself is a winger with whom I somewhat identify in terms of playing style, he has some similarities with me and was a player the coach invested in,” the Portuguese added.

“Ivan Lima is also a vertical winger. In other words, looking at the characteristics of the players the coach has used in that position and my own characteristics, I might have had more minutes than I would have with coach Bruno Lage,” Tiago Gouveia observed, recalling an episode of tension experienced during a match against Porto.

“We had to get off the bus and walk into the training center, passing through them. And there, practically, we went one by one, not as a group. I walked, didn't look back, just kept going forward,” he finally revealed, addressing the tense atmosphere between the squad and Nice's fans. The French club is currently experiencing nine consecutive defeats in all competitions.

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