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João Simões has decided to continue his studies. Currently 18 years old, the midfielder trained at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy has entered university and explained more details to Sporting's media, in an interview that will be broadcast in full this Wednesday, September 24th.

"Never forget about school, because school gives us other tools that are important for football and for success in football. Never forget how important it is," began the young midfielder, in statements to Sporting TV.

Simões reminded the Sporting fans that "it's good to have sport and be able to live from it, but unfortunately not everyone gets there," since it is known "how difficult it is to be a football player, it's a very small percentage (who succeed).

"We always need to have a plan for afterwards or in case something happens during the career, which unfortunately is short," assured the 'number 52' of Sporting, who this year has had significantly fewer minutes of play, compared to the previous season.

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