Pinotes Batista on Sporting's future with Rui Borges: The power... | OneFootball

André Pinotes Batista believes that Rui Borges’ contract renewal is more than deserved. In that same vein, the well-known Alvalade club supporter argues that this decision made by Frederico Varandas shows that "power did not fall into the street."

"When next Friday, at 11:00 a.m., Frederico Varandas and Rui Borges sit down in the Artur Agostinho Auditorium at the José Alvalade Stadium to sign the contract renewal, several important signals will be sent to the Sporting universe," he wrote in his latest opinion piece, published in the newspaper Record.

"First and foremost, that in this house, title-winning work is recognized. The humble helmsman will sit down with a League title and a Portuguese Cup in his pocket and another on the way and, on his lapel, he will wear the club’s best run in history in the world’s biggest club competition. A vast haul in just one year," he stressed.

André Pinotes Batista also took the opportunity to praise Frederico Varandas, while criticizing Rui Costa in contrast: "The signs, however, do not stop there. In a Sporting whose culture is still structurally tied to the emotional judgment of the week or the temptation of the abyss, Frederico Varandas will signal with this renewal that power did not fall into the street. Rui Costa’s management, in this matter, is a clear illustration of the path not to follow.

In conclusion, the commentator also did not forget to 'take his hat off' to the green-and-white coach: "Rui Borges has a rare affinity with the working group, which he defends to the hilt, and with the board, for which he has always been on the side of the solution. There are many forms of loyalty and faithfulness, but the purest will always be the one based on recognizing the other’s strengths, their journey, and the straightforwardness with which the parties deal with each other."

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