João Simões: Sporting star is my role model, on and off the pitch | OneFootball

João Simões sees Francisco Trincão as an example outside the world of football. The 'number 52' had the opportunity to talk about his relationship with the Sporting fans at a time when he was accepted into the Faculty of Motricity, having already attended his first day of classes in higher education, in an environment different from that of the Alcochete Academy.

“There are usually quite a few people there, and I always try to stop. It's a small gesture we can make that makes a lot of people happy. I have been, and still am, a fan, and until recently, I used to go to the stands and watch all the games at the Academy,” he began by saying in an interview with Sporting TV.

“If it were me, I would also like them to stop. The least I can do is this small action where I spend a few minutes and it can change someone's day,” added João Simões, before mentioning that he doesn't have the fame of other Sporting players, such as Francisco Trincão.

“I'm not very famous either. Once I went with Trincão, and he knows how to talk to people, I wish I could speak like he does. I'm more shy, he handles it better. I need to improve in that aspect,” concluded the 18-year-old central midfielder.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, João Simões - valued at 6 million euros - has played two matches. At the start of the season, the midfielder trained at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy has only three minutes: two in the Champions League and one in the League. It is worth remembering that the 'number 52' of the lions recently returned from a long injury layoff.

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