João Rosado accuses Varandas, Rui Borges of wrecking maestro's career | OneFootball

, a SIC Notícias commentator, believes that Pedro Gonçalves is being pushed towards an exit from Sporting “through Alvalade’s back door”. In an opinion piece titled 'The plan to finish off Pote', the journalist compares the treatment given to the Portugal international with that of Luis Suárez and recalls that both have an €80 million release clause.

“In this particular respect, the Portuguese international and the Colombian international are on a footing of absolute equality. The clause does not differ by a single cent. In theory, whoever wants to buy out either one without wearing themselves down with negotiations has to pay the same amount”, he wrote.

The commentator believes that Pote has been sidelined from the squad, a situation he compares to Daniel Bragança’s, while Suárez benefits from a different kind of treatment: “From here on, the similarities end. The treatment given to the striker has nothing to do with that given to Pedro Gonçalves, who has been pushed to the margins of the team, along the same lines as what is happening with Daniel Bragança. The ‘cafetero’ seems to enjoy special protection, being allowed to post whatever he wants on social media, without that triggering any disapproval from either the coach or the sporting directorate.”

The analyst believes that Pote’s situation worsened after the player took responsibility for Sporting’s display in the Portuguese Cup final: “On the contrary, since he owned up to his faults in Sporting’s drab performance in the Portuguese Cup final, Pote has seemingly fallen from grace in the eyes of Frederico Varandas and Rui Borges, sealing an exit through the back door. The Vidago star began to pay the price paid by those who are honest and have the courage to admit their own mistakes.”

In João Rosado’s opinion, even if Pedro Gonçalves had expressed a desire to bring his spell at Alvalade to an end, Sporting should have handled the process differently: “Even if he had been the first to express the intention of putting an end to his spell in Portugal, those in charge could never allow such a harmful and cruel management of an asset who suffers the humiliation of training on charity and sighing for the lofty charity of an Arab or Turkish multimillionaire. No one could force Rui Borges to make him a starter or even bring him off the bench; all that was needed was simply to wait calmly for the offer that pleased the parties involved.”

It is worth remembering that Pedro Gonçalves is the player with the most assists (58) for Sporting in the last 30 years and, in the current millennium, only Liedson surpasses him in terms of goals. In the last six years, he has scored 97. One might say 90+7 in Zalazarist ‘terminology’, to distinguish it from the shirt number of a certain Luis Suárez…”.

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