Breaking! Date set for Rui Borges renewal announcement at Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Borges's contract renewal is done, and the ceremony to make the agreement official has already been scheduled. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 1, at Estádio José Alvalade, more precisely in the Artur Agostinho Auditorium.

Talks began even before the last Sporting elections, on March 14, and progressed steadily until a consensus was reached. The current deal is still valid until 2027, but it will be extended by one more season, that is, until 2028, including, as usual, a salary increase for the coach.

This contractual process was unaffected by Sporting's draw in Vila das Aves, with Sporting president Frederico Varandas maintaining full confidence in the work of the 44-year-old coach - who announced players in doubt for the match against Tondela.

This season, Rui Borges led the Lions to a historic place in the Champions League quarter-finals, matching the achievement of 1982/83. Sporting's most recent results included the defeat against Benfica (2-1) and the draw against AVS (1-1), which knocked the Lions out of second place.

It should be remembered that Rui Borges signed with Sporting at Christmas 2024, succeeding João Pereira, and the coach from Mirandela managed to win the National Championship and the Portuguese Cup, the domestic double - something the Club had not achieved in more than 20 years.

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