Former Sporting adviser says Rui Borges will leave the Lions | OneFootball

Upon arriving at the Portugal Football Globes, Frederico Varandas, speaking to the press, came out in defense of Rui Borges, while also going on to address a few more topics related to Sporting. Rui Barreiro, a former advisor to the Lions, gave his view on the President’s remarks and said that the coach is on borrowed time at Alvalade.

“Regarding Rui Borges, I think this is something that was not acknowledged and should have been by the president. In other words, Frederico Varandas bears a great deal of responsibility for what is happening, because the overhaul carried out in the squad was mainly done by Sporting’s board and its president,” he began by saying, in comments to 'Desporto ao Minuto'.

"In some way, it was mandatory for the president of Sporting and the SAD to say something about the coach’s connection to this and their shared responsibility. But what comes across from his statements is that Rui Borges ends up being a coach on borrowed time,” he clarified. “Frederico Varandas says he will not sack a coach after three draws and seven matchdays. So after what, then? Eight, nine, 10 matchdays? Or is he really the coach for the project regardless of what happens? He is a coach on borrowed time.”

In this way, he believes the fans’ backlash is to be expected given the team’s results: “There is always a right to protest. It is legitimate to do so, after a season in which, besides getting further in the Champions League, we did not win any trophy and lost one in the Portuguese Cup final in a completely unacceptable way".

Rui Barreiro is convinced that the best way to get through this moment will be improved results. “The best answer to all this backlash is victories. And that is what the coaching staff have to deliver, and those who run Sporting have to focus on,” he admitted.

Preferring to find those responsible rather than those to blame, he made it clear that the person responsible is Varandas: “The person with the greatest responsibility at Sporting is the president. Even so, everyone has their share of responsibility, and the results of their work have not been satisfactory for a club of Sporting’s size and ambitions,” he explained.

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