João Simões: Sporting star is my role model, on and off the pitch | OneFootball

João Simões sees Francisco Trincão as an example outside the world of football. The ‘number 52’ had the opportunity to talk about his relationship with Sporting fans at a time when he was accepted into the Faculty of Motricity, having already attended his first day of classes in higher education, in an environment different from that of the Alcochete Academy.

“There are usually quite a lot of people there, and I always try to stop. It’s a small gesture we can make that makes a lot of people happy. I have been, and still am, a fan, and until recently I used to go to the stands and watch all the games at the Academy,” he began by saying in an interview with Sporting TV.

“If it were me, I’d also like people to stop. The least I can do is this small action, where I lose a few minutes that could change someone’s day,” João Simões added, before explaining that he doesn’t have the fame of some of the other Sporting players, such as Francisco Trincão.

“I’m not very famous either. Once I went with Trincão and he knows how to talk to people, I wish I could speak like he does. I’m shyer, he’s more outgoing. I need to improve in that aspect,” concluded the 18-year-old central midfielder.

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