Rui Borges snubs Benfica star: That means nothing to me | OneFootball

Rui Borges was questioned this Sunday, September 21, about the revelation made by José Mourinho, coach of Benfica, who said he had called the Sporting president, Frederico Varandas, upon joining the club from Luz. The Sporting coach chose not to show interest in the subject.

"I’m not going to talk much about that, I didn’t hear about it, to be honest it completely passes me by whether he called our president or not," he began by saying in the preview of the match against Moreirense, which closes the sixth round of the Portuguese League. Rui Borges said, however, that he identified with the Setúbal native at the start of his career.

"He was someone I identified with at the beginning of my career and I still do, it’s not because he’s the coach of a rival that I’m going to stop saying it, he made his mark on Portuguese and world football, he was always someone we coaches looked up to because he was the best in the world. I’m happy to face him and to have that challenge," he added.

José Mourinho revealed, in the press room at the AFS Stadium, after Benfica’s 3-0 victory, that he spoke with André Villas-Boas and Frederico Varandas after signing with the club from Luz. Furthermore, he confided that he had planned to attend the Sporting - Moreirense match at Alvalade.

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