Former Sporting president slams Ruben Amorim for betrayal: The cemetery... | OneFootball

Filipe Soares Franco believes that Ruben Amorim betrayed Sporting, by leaving the Alvalade Club midway through the season. The former green and white President gave an interview to the newspaper Record, where he discussed one of the moments that marked the last season and also took the opportunity to talk about Viktor Gyokeres.

"The cemetery is full of irreplaceable people. At most, he might have been the cement of that phase of Sporting. Now, I think and continue to think that Ruben Amorim betrayed Sporting. Period. What is said is that if Sporting were to become champions again, the agreement with Ruben Amorim had a clause that allowed him to leave, as long as he gave notice, with I don't know how many days in advance", Soares Franco began to explain about the former coach, who continues to be criticized in England.

The former President continued: "Now, that clause, obviously, was not made to be exercised in December, January, or February. It wasn't meant to be used then. It was for him to be able to leave and notify Sporting a month or a month and a half before the end of the season, nothing more (...) He didn't betray contractually. He betrayed morally. It's a moral betrayal. It disappointed me. Betrayal might be a very strong word, but it caused me enormous disappointment".

Soares Franco then addressed the sale of the former Swedish forward of the lions, which he initially assessed as positive: "Very well, it wasn't well. I think he sold very well and at the peak, not only of his value but of Gyökeres' motivation to be playing at Sporting.

"I think he aspired to make the leap to a club bigger than Sporting or that paid him more, that was in a more competitive league, like Arsenal. For me, his cycle at Sporting was over", concluded the former President of the lions.

Check here Ruben Amorim's farewell speech in the Sporting locker room:

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