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Sporting Lisbon in Turmoil

paulie8290
paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
edited June 2018 in Other Football and Sports
5 Key players have now terminated their contracts

Rui Patricio
William Carvalho
Bas Dost
Gelson Martins
Bruno Fernandez
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    http://www.goal.com/en/news/sporting-cp-exodus-set-to-continue-as-stars-carvalho-and/1k9w5869w4tu111g75kdyray5q
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,143
    Wonder what that is all about?

    That was a good and often exciting team. Saw them live here in Plzen in the Europa league. Good fans, knowledgeable, respectful, amiable. Only narrowly knocked out by Atletico.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited June 2018
    PragueAddick said:

    Wonder what that is all about?

    That was a good and often exciting team. Saw them live here in Plzen in the Europa league. Good fans, knowledgeable, respectful, amiable. Only narrowly knocked out by Atletico.

    Issues last season according to the link including The President suspending 19 players after losing to Athletico and players being attacked by fans in May
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,976
    The fans attacking players was really bad apparently. Really shocked a few of their players and it clearly has had a knock-on
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    If those cancellations are ratified etc, there's a couple of very good free transfers in that lot. Teams like Arsenal should be after Carvalho for a start.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,069
    William Carvalho would be a decent replacement for Kashi
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    After finishing 3rd in the league and missing out on Champions League football the team, including coaches were attacked at their training ground by around 50 'fans'

    Bas Dost was one of the more severely targeted (he's scored a goal a game on average ffs) most of the team went on strike before the cup final but decided to play in the end, they lost.

    By all accounts players terminating their contracts was a dot on the cards from that day.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,291
    Bas Dost sounds like someone trying to avoid getting in copyright trouble with Das Boot
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  • Arry Addick
    Arry Addick Posts: 1,168
    Expect they'll end up at Wolves.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,291
    Arry Addick said:

    Expect they'll end up at Wolves.

    Rui Patricio is certainly being linked to Wolves

    Carvalho is rumoured to be heading to Everton
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    From the above link

    Carvalho has been linked with the likes of Everton and West Ham while Martins is reportedly a target of Arsenal and Liverpool.

    Patricio, meanwhile, is a target for Wolves and Napoli while Dost was recently linked with a move to Newcastle United.


    Surprised that Carvalho is being linked with Everton and West Ham and not Arsenal also surely Dost can do better than Newcastle
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    paulie8290 said:

    From the above link

    Carvalho has been linked with the likes of Everton and West Ham while Martins is reportedly a target of Arsenal and Liverpool.

    Patricio, meanwhile, is a target for Wolves and Napoli while Dost was recently linked with a move to Newcastle United.


    Surprised that Carvalho is being linked with Everton and West Ham and not Arsenal also surely Dost can do better than Newcastle

    Dost has never really done it at the top level. I think he would do well at a club like Newcastle. A good goal scoring record without doubt, but not sure he's capable of much above that.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,143
    stackitsteve said:

    After finishing 3rd in the league and missing out on Champions League football the team, including coaches were attacked at their training ground by around 50 'fans'

    Bas Dost was one of the more severely targeted (he's scored a goal a game on average ffs) most of the team went on strike before the cup final but decided to play in the end, they lost.

    By all accounts players terminating their contracts was a dot on the cards from that day.

    Bloody hell. I guess there are fans, and there are fans. I mean losing narrowly to Atletico was not exactly a disgrace, and Bas Dost, as you say, had a brilliant season. He was injured for the first game against Viktoria but his replacement Fredy Montero was just as lethal. One of their goals in that leg was a thing of beauty.

    We were travelling into Lisbon on a bus on holiday couple of years back. A delightful young lady had befriended us and helping the tourist. We passed their ground, and I commented it. Her face darkened and she said "yeah, but they suck" She said she was a Benfica fan, Benfica is the people's team while Sporting are for the "elite". Something like in Manchester before the Arabs arrived?

  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    Fecking CARD again, nothing but bleeding hooligans. ;)
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    WTF
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Fumbluff said:

    They’ve all signed for Brentford

    BRENTFORD???
    Who are they?!!!!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    Carvalho could be a quality signing for a lot of teams.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Fumbluff said:

    They’ve all signed for Brentford

    BRENTFORD???
    Do they still play in nylon?
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  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,564
    Just as well when we beat them it was a friendly, their fans sound like lunatics
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    paulie8290 said:

    5 Key players have now terminated their contracts

    Rui Patricio
    William Carvalho
    Bas Dost
    Gelson Martins
    Bruno Fernandez

    The manager also resigned as well. Had a year left on his deal but decided he was out of there as well, and went to Al Hilal in Saudi arabia!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,215
    Do they want Sarr back?
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,143
    twiggyaddick said:

    Just as well when we beat them it was a friendly, their fans sound like lunatics

    Honestly in Plzen they were excellent. That's why I am surprised.

    Partizan Belgrade, that was another story.

  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,929
    edited June 2018
    1StevieG said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Fumbluff said:

    They’ve all signed for Brentford

    BRENTFORD???
    Who are they?!!!!
    My local team, got full respect for them and their fans, all the other tossers round here support Chelski, lol, few Fulham out of the wood work recently
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    Close to 200m worth of talent walking out for free.

    Rui Patricio has signed for Wolves. William Carvalho is reportedly going to Inter Milan.

    Would expect at least 2-3 of the others to end up in the premier league.
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,277
    edited June 2018
    Bloody hell.. That is really bad and players talk so it makes you wonder how many more will follow as well as how will they manage to sign anyone half decent?

    Not as much as a problem as we find ourselves in, but for a big club in Portugal, that's massive and they're clearly in big trouble.

    Also, some great signings in that list too. Now they'll be free agents, you would expect to see a lot of activity of teams being in for them and getting deals done soon.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Even for the players in two minds if they should cancel their contracts or not. When your teammates are getting huge signing on fees as they are 'out of contract' that will no doubt push a couple more to make the same decision.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    I thought it was in Portugal.

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