“The agreement was only possible because Varandas said he could not pay”

A telenovela about Sporting’s failure to pay for the transfer of Ruben Amorim to Sporting de Braga ended with a renegotiation agreement with the two clubs, in a situation that was close to worth a complaint to the lions with him UEFA.

The conflict resolved, António Salvador, president of from Braga, showed his confidence that Sporting will honor the new commitment between the two clubs and stressed that this same agreement “was only possible because Varandas said he could not pay.”

“I have no doubt that Sporting will do it this time. If I wanted to be bad It could even say that it does not comply, as this would cost Sporting another 1.8 million euros. But I blindly believe that they will deliver. This last agreement was only possible because Frederico Varandas called me to justify that he could not pay and that he wanted to reach an agreement ”, the leader of the arsenalists in an interview with NEXT, the club’s television broadcast on Internet.

I put three essential points. The first was Sporting to recognize the total debt, including interest and penalties, without excuse from the COVID-19; another point is that said what terms they wanted to pay and what interest they had to pay; then, that they had to pay an amount immediately and even a document to acknowledge the doubt. I realize that they had stretched the rope, or because they were not advisable for their zone legal or by zone financial, but its president had the virility that they call me and ask to sit down at the table and make a new deal, instead of entering a legal battle, which was not going well, “he added.

Salvador also revealed that he had proposed doubling the salary of Ruben Amorim at 600 thousand euros for hour for the coach to continue at Sporting de Braga, but Sporting offered 2.5 million a year to the coach.

“Sporting started by saying that they wanted to hire him, but we enforced the value of the clause, of 10 million euros. We didn’t want to sell it. in those three years he would double his salary at Sp. Braga. It is difficult to keep someone but annoying. Here I won 300 thousand euros, I offered 600 thousand in three years, but when there is a club that pays 2.5 million euros it is not possible to accompany Sp. Braga, “he fired, before speaking on the issue of the termination clause of Ruben Amorim.

“I remember that when we were signing the contract with him, we did not pay any compensation, neither to him nor to his representative. When he said that he was going to put a termination clause of 10 million euros, he said that it was fine, because he did not think that Someone would pay for it, but in the event that it happens, put 10 percent in a future sale of that amount, I didn’t believe it either, but Sporting appeared. pandemic. I was a little surprised by Sporting’s position. Sp. Braga has also had problems. It is necessary to dialogue. But it was a business in which Sporting could not fail ”, he concluded.