Ruben Amorim’s trip to London for West Ham United talks brightened up Monday afternoon’s sports media, it’s nice to have a big surprising story which isn’t based on a scandal.
The trip to the English capital was brief, with today’s edition of A Bola pointing out it only lasted for three hours. According to the Portuguese newspaper ‘West Ham’s project was not to his liking and Liverpool is further away’. 
Prior to the Hammers intervention, and ignoring much of the Liverpool noise, mainly coming from England over the weekend, there had been growing claims in Portugal that Amorim could stay where he is.
Sporting fans had been taking banners to games pleading with him, the manager revealed his son didn’t want a change, and the local media were explaining just what a loss he’d be. Winning the title and playing Champions League football with Sporting next season is of course attractive. Regardless, Amorim has a career and financial future to think about and A Bola make it clear he was always prepared to listen to good offers.
That’s why he and his agent Raul Costa travelled to England, but what he heard didn’t convince him, and the ‘continuity scenario returns to the coach’s head’. 
Amorim is enjoying another day off today, with Sporting returning to training tomorrow. It’s not expected he’ll try and give any justifications for his West Ham trip, because he doesn’t feel l...