“It’s only natural” – Pundit defends coach for accepting West Ham interview
Ruben Amorim’s trip to speak to West Ham United continues to be one of the big subjects in the Portuguese media, where they wonder whether the manager will leave Sporting in the summer.
With the coach suddenly travelling to London for to chat about the job, there’s now a little debate on the potential impact that could have on the Lions’ rest of the season.
On CNN (via Mais Futebol), while Nuno Farinho pointed out that the timing for this trip isn’t great, pundit Bruno Andrade came up in Amorim’s defence, claiming it’s normal that the manager goes to speak to West Ham.
“I’d be very surprised if Sporting were unaware of Ruben Amorim’s trip. I believe that Sporting did know about it and gave the go-ahead, not least because it was Ruben Amorim’s day off, another reason for him to go wherever he wants, as long as he trained normally the next day. It would be bizarre and strange if he missed training because of a negotiation,” said Bruno Andrade. “But having said that, people need to realise that in modern football it’s natural, especially in the Premier League, for a club to sit down and talk to an interested party, whether by Skype, Zoom or in person. It’s natural for a club to want to look for a new project when the season is already underway. That’s not why Ruben Amorim is leaving Sporting any time soon. It’s not because of this that Ruben Amorim has less focus or more focus on ac...
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