Friday’s win over Casa Pioa in the Portuguese league is enough to save the job of Sporting manager Rui Berges. The only thing that matters is dominance in the Primeira Liga and participation in the Champions League. Already 9 points behind Porto after only 10 league games has made the club management look for alternatives.
Little manager Paulo Fonseca who has previously managed Roma and AC Milan and league leader Porto is very relevant to take over Sporting, the French do not want to let him go.
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Sporting have fallen behind in the Portuguese league and are nine points clear of league leaders Porto. That leaves coach Rui Borges hanging by a thread.
If Borges is sacked, Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca is a hot candidate to take over. According to the Record, Sporting have already enquired about the 53-year-old and how it would be possible to link him up.
According to the Record, Sporting face two dilemmas: Lyon will not let go of Fonseca, and he is sitting on a fat salary. (2.5 million euros per season net)
Fonseca’s contract with Lyon runs until 2027.
Afonso Moreira out of the equation
Although Sporting is a creditor of Lyon with 6,4 million euros due to the transfer of Afonso Moreira – and later with the capital gains linked to the transfer of the U21 international to Bayer Leverkusen –, according to what we have learned, this will always be an independent process for the possible signing of Paulo Fonseca. The young winger who trained at Alvalade, it should be remembered, went to France in 2025 in exchange for 7,8 million euros, after being sold to the Germans for 29,5 million euros at the start of the season.
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