João Simões on possible Sporting exit: In the future… | OneFootball

who got a real earful from Rui Borges - is not thinking, for now, about leaving Sporting. In an interview with the newspaper A Bola, the young midfielder said that he is living a dream at the Alvalade club. The athlete, only 18 years old, also spoke about the performance of the green and whites this season and says he believes in winning the title.

“I'm already living my dream, at Sporting. I'm very happy to be here. As I’ve said before, I’m here, I’m doing well, and in the future, we’ll see, and whatever comes, I’ll want to fight for it,” João Simões began, when asked about a possible departure from the Lions.

The midfielder was also asked about the controversies surrounding refereeing: “We are football players. We’re out there on the pitch. We always go in, as I’ve said, to play our best game to win. And as for refereeing, it’s not up to us to talk about it. There are people at the club to do that.”

“We’re having a good season. We’re leading all the competitions and fighting to win, which is always our goal. There are some points to improve and some things we didn’t do completely right in some games, but we’re working to evolve and by the end of the year achieve all our objectives,” concluded the 18-year-old.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, João Simões - valued at 15 million euros - has played 14 matches: eight in Liga Portugal Betclic, five in the Champions League, and one in the Portuguese Cup. In the 773 minutes he was on the pitch, the midfielder scored one goal (against Santa Clara).

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