Peseiro addressed this in the press conference today, sort of. He said Mane, Matheus and Geraldes all demanded playing time.
lmao hilarious. Will never forget BdC pulling him from Vitoria just because we lost a game. That should've been the first sign that this guy was mentally ill.
Transfer window about to close, and no one else is coming. We'll see how things go until January. And just to end off a poor end to the window, Matheus with another tweet saying he was the one who was disrespected.
And coentrao waited to see if he had any calls from Sporting and he got zero calls so he went to Rio Ave. Congrats Cintra. Sporting about to be dog shit again for the foreseeable future
Maybe we sign someone on a free transfer. But I doubt it. We have a good starting XI, it's the depth that I'm concerned about. We'll see what happens until January. Next big thing is the election in a week.
Barring any free transfers, this is our squad for 2018/19 (until January at least): Goalkeepers: Viviano, Renan, Salin, Maximiano Central Defenders: Coates, Marcelo, Pinto, Mathieu Left-Backs: Jefferson, Lumor Right-Backs: Ristovski, Bruno Gaspar Defensive Midfielders: Battaglia, Petrovic Central Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes, Sturaro (injured), Wendel, Gudelj, Misic Left-Wingers: Acuna, Raphinha, Nani, Bruno Cesar Right-Wingers: Jovane, Mane Forwards/Strikers: Bas Dost, Montero, Diaby, Castaignos --- Total of 29 players. I'd say we have a good starting XI, however its the lack of quality depth that concerns me. LB is a clear concern. Also the lack of quality forwards is very concerning. On the positive side, the rest of defense is solid, and midfield may actually be better with the addition of Gudelj.
The depth is shocking. Only positions that have cover is RB and LW, which we decided to cut back on and send Mattheus away. Long season ahead boys..
Lmao weve tried to get rid of him ever since he joine and no team in the world wants him. Im surprised he hasmt rescinded yet. Then again, hes probably on a massive contract.
Its likely something that will be looked after by the elected board as of next week. But we did already put in a complaint to FIFA for each of them.
Because our coach says he was never part of the plan. I guess Pesseiro thinks Jefferson is better than Coentrao.
Read that too. I dont believe it thought, must have been something else behind the scenes happening. Coentrao isnt the player he once was, but Jefferson is atrocious.
It is what it is now. Many people wanted JJ out no matter what. Many people any coach would be a upgrade to JJ. We all have to live with it now.
There's been new rumours that they didn't want Coentrao because he was a bad professional. Showed up late to training last season, etc... As for LB, throw Acuna at LB. Probably the best place we can play him right now.
The latest financial report for the 2017/18 season was released - in it we can see the fees spent on players in the last year above, but the biggest ones: Acuna = 10.6M total (9.6M transfer + 1M other fees) Wendel = 8.7M total (7.5M transfer + 1.2M other fees) Raphinha (Raphael Bellolli) = 6.5M
Almost 5 mil on Gaspar too. Crazy. 10 mil is a lot of mobey for a dead average player in Acuna. Especially in Portugal. So glad we dont have to deal with bdc anymore. Hopefully the nwxr president follows Sousa Cintras lead.
Yeah 10.5m for a player, he has to be a star for us. But its been recurring - remember we have players like Alan Ruiz who cost almost the same. Hopefully Wendel can step up.
Hasnt been given a chance under two coaches, I wouldnt want to be there either. Hopefully we can make some money back on him.