Ex-Sporting chief misses Gyökeres and Luis Suárez, but… | OneFootball

Carlos Barbosa, former vice-president of Sporting, recently offered high praise to Luis Suárez, but refused to draw comparisons with Viktor Gyökeres. Along these lines, he addressed several topics currently relevant to the Alvalade club, including the goalscoring prowess of Luis Suárez, who already has 25 goals in 33 matches.

"But it’s clear that Gyökeres was Gyökeres, and he left a great sense of longing at Sporting. But Suárez is a great player, and he has given us fantastic goals and moments of great excitement," he began, in an extensive interview with Antena 1.

"Who doesn’t remember Gyökeres? He was a different kind of player, which is funny. I prefer watching this player [Suárez], because he’s more aggressive, fights harder, he’s not as permissive, he’s always waiting for the ball," said Carlos Barbosa, current president of the Automóvel Clube de Portugal (ACP).

The former Sporting vice-president also praised Francisco Trincão – who has already renewed with Sporting –: "Trincão is one of the best players Sporting has ever had, he’s an exceptional player, a player who always fights, who always has extraordinary ball recovery ability, and so it’s a good thing he renewed his contract with Sporting, because we need a lot of people like him."

In conclusion, Carlos Barbosa addressed the situation surrounding Morten Hjulmand: "It’s clear that Hjulmand has a market outside Portugal. It’s obvious he will always be a highly sought-after player abroad. All the good players who have been developed, trained, and played at Sporting end up going abroad, so that could happen in this case as well."

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