Ex-Sporting striker urges Conrad Harder to stay, not leave | OneFootball

Carlos Saleiro believes that Conrad Harder should stay at Sporting. Despite having scored one of the goals in the 4-1 thrashing against Nacional last Saturday, August 23, the ‘number 9’ already has a deal in place to become a Milan reinforcement. The former 39-year-old striker heaped praise on the Dane.

“Looking at what Harder has done, he is a young player in whom Sporting invested, paying a lot of money for him. In my opinion, Sporting shouldn’t sell Harder,” said the former striker, who scored seven goals for the Club’s first team, to Notícias ao Minuto.

“He has already shown that he has the ability to play and to score goals. He is young and has a huge future ahead of him. He will certainly help Sporting even more,” added Carlos Saleiro about Conrad Harder, before revealing that the positional rivalry between the Dane and Luis Suárez would be beneficial for Sporting.

“I think it will be an interesting battle. We’ve already seen that Suárez will always be Rui Borges’ first choice. But Harder will be a shadow and Suárez must always be on alert. There could then be a switch, depending on the coach’s ideas,” he pointed out.

In conclusion, Carlos Saleiro also had time to talk about the arrival of Luis Suárez at Sporting, making the inevitable comparison with Viktor Gyokeres: “I believe Suárez will score many goals. He has different characteristics from Gyokeres. The playing style is also not the same. I don’t believe he’ll score as many goals as Gyokeres, but he will score many important goals for Sporting.”

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