Sérgio Conceição to Sporting? Vítor Pinto: Not so far-fetched... | OneFootball

Sérgio Conceição is one of the names most requested by Sporting fans to take charge of the Lions. The Portuguese coach, currently without a club, has backing on social media and may even set aside past differences with Frederico Varandas. Vítor Pinto believes those issues are fundamental to the deal going through.

"Sérgio Conceição at Sporting would not be so inconceivable if it were not for the personal problems with Varandas. I do not see an easy scenario in which there could be a step back from this clear antagonism that exists between the two. A forced relationship does not work," he said on CMTV.

It was recently reported that Conceição is available to consider new projects after leaving Al Ittihad. Despite his past at Porto and the various episodes of tension with Sporting’s president, that history will not necessarily be an obstacle to a possible rapprochement.

The relationship between Conceição and Varandas had particularly tense moments in the past. In 2018/19, after the Portuguese Cup final lost by Porto to Sporting, the coach refused to greet the Sporting president. Then, in 2019, the so-called 'garage case' emerged, in which Varandas accused Conceição of insults after a clásico at the Dragão, a case that was ultimately decided in the coach’s favor.

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