Sporting respond to Rui Patrício’s announcement as fans lash out: "Rat" | OneFootball

Rui Patrício, former goalkeeper for Sporting and the National Team, has ended his career. The announcement was made by the Portuguese Football Federation last Wednesday, December 11. The Alvalade club also reacted to this event, but the 'result' was not the best.

After the news became public, the green and whites made a post on their official social media channels, recalling the goalkeeper's time at Sporting: “He wore the Lion on his chest 467 times, the 2nd player in history to have had that responsibility the most times. Good luck in this new stage, Rui Patrício.”

Despite the brief message, there were several comments expressing discontent from Sporting fans, since the player ended up terminating his contract with the club that developed him unilaterally, after the invasion of Alcochete.

“Regrettable post,” “I won’t forget that he turned his back on the club in one of its most critical moments”, “Delete this post,” “He spat on the symbol of Sporting Clube de Portugal,” “Rat,” are some of the comments that stand out on the ‘X’ platform (formerly Twitter), directed at Rui Patrício.

The former ‘number 1’ of Sporting terminated his contract with the Lions after the invasion of the Academy and ended up signing for Wolverhampton, where he spent three seasons (2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021), before moving to Roma in 2021/22 (Recall his journey HERE.)

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