Ruben Amorim to Sporting? Fernando Mendes rules it out, backs Rui Borges | OneFootball

After Sporting's defeat against Vitória de Guimarães, by 2-1, there was some buzz about a possible return of Ruben Amorim to Alvalade to take Rui Borges’ place. Fernando Mendes does not agree with this ‘request’.

“It makes no sense at all. We’re talking about a coach who arrived at Sporting in a complicated situation, became national champion, won the Portuguese Cup, is in the Champions League, for better or worse, is still fighting for the league, is still in the Cup… And there are people who don’t forget and others who quickly forget how Ruben Amorim left Sporting,” began the former Lions coach, continuing.

“I heard that Rui Borges is not a consensual coach and I think it makes no sense at all. So now Sporting has to win the league every year? Don’t the other teams play? Is it Rui Borges? Is it Ruben Amorim who’s coming to fix things? No, I don’t think so and I don’t think that should even be considered, either by Frederico Varandas or the board, to think about Ruben Amorim’s return. I think it would be a stab in the back to a man who doesn’t deserve it,” he added.

With this defeat – the fifth in 29 matches this season – Rui Borges’ men miss out on a place in the Allianz Cup final. The Minho side will thus face the winner of the clash between Benfica and Braga, scheduled for next Wednesday, January 7.

The green and white team will return to the pitch on Friday, January 16, against Casa Pia. The match, counting for the 18th round of Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team managed by Gonçalo Brandão, will be played at 8:15 p.m. at Alvalade.

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