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Rui Borges, coach of Sporting, guarantees that José Mourinho’s call to Frederico Varandas “goes completely unnoticed”

In the preview of the match against Moreirense, Rui Borges did not want to elaborate on the fact that José Mourinho had called Frederico Varandas. The new Benfica coach got in touch with the President of Sporting, but the matter does not bother the green and white coach.

“I’m not going to talk much about that. I didn’t hear about it. To be completely honest, it goes completely unnoticed by me whether he called our President or not. I’ve already said what I had to say. He is someone I identified with at the start of my career, and I still do,” Rui Borges began by saying.

The Sporting coach assured that although Mourinho has signed for Benfica, he remains an example: “It’s not because he’s with the rival that I’ll stop saying it, because he is someone who made his mark on world football. He was always someone we looked up to in the early days, because he was the best in the world. I’m happy to face him and have that challenge.”

“After coming to Benfica, I spoke with Villas-Boas and with Varandas, the President of Sporting. The fact that I’m Benfica’s coach doesn’t mean I came here to make war. If I think I’ll be applauded again at the Dragão, obviously not,” guaranteed José Mourinho, after Benfica’s match with AVS.

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