Club Brugge chief called ex-Sporting after unforgettable moment | OneFootball

Carlos Forbs was called up for the first time to the National A Team, making the leap from the under-21s to Roberto Martínez's squad. Devy Rigaux, sporting director of Club Brugge, Sporting's next opponent in the Champions League, congratulated the forward trained in Alcochete.

"It's fantastic. It's always good for a young player like him to be called to the A Team, especially in a team like Portugal, which is full of great players. He has shown all his quality here," he began by saying to the newspaper Record.

Carlos Forbs was called up after a great performance against Barcelona, which the director does not forget: "It was brilliant. He played a great game. You always hope for this to happen one day, in the Champions League, against one of the big European clubs. He has been doing very well."

Rigaux also explained how he convinced Forbs to move to Club Brugge: "I had to explain the plan we had for him at the sporting level. He was a great talent from Manchester City's academy, but then things didn't go so well at Ajax and Wolverhampton. It was important for him to feel that this was the right choice. He is very serious."

"When I called him to congratulate him (on the national team call-up), he was still in the gym," he revealed, refusing to address possible interest from Benfica in the former Sporting player: "I can't comment. The market is not open. We receive many contacts from many European teams about our players. Forbs is one of them, it's normal at this time."

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