Fotis Ioannidis: “We do everything we can to have this player,” said Sporting Lisbon coach

Her coach, Ruben Amorim, referred to his team’s effort to acquire it from Panathinaikos, stressing that in the end he will succeed! Portugal’s champion Sporting Lisbon, Ruben Amorim, spoke today (16.08.2024) at his meeting with reporters in view of tomorrow’s match with Nasional Madeira and expressed his optimism about the transfer of Fotis Ioannidis. “We do everything we can to have this player and I am very sure that we will have him” said Sporting Lisbon coach about the team’s main relocation goal for the attack. You are comfortable with delaying the transfer of a striker, asked Amorim, to answer: “Very, because I think this is the right way not to always follow a second and third option, as happened in the past. We want those we recognize and do our best, we need to take risks and we see through the use of this team this development between the age and quality of the players, which gives us great opportunities to raise the club. If we get scared and go for a third choice… we have to think long-term. This year we want to defend our title, but we do not forget to make the club more sustainable in the long term. This development involves much of this risk, we do everything we can to have this player and I am very sure we will have him.”