The 35-year-old centre-back continues to wear a lion on his chest and wants to “write a new story” next season.
Sporting officially renewed his contract with Neto, valid for another season until 2024, As I mentioned log. The 35-year-old centre-back leaves for the fifth consecutive season at Alvalade with the desire to write “a new story in 2023/24”.
“In light of what was the past year, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to try to make the year different, individually and also to help make the year different collectively. I thank the club, the staff, the coaching staff and I am very grateful to the master and the whole structure who have invited me to continue. Now is the time to act. And trying to go down a different path, in a new story in 2023/24. We have a lot of work to do and we have to leave a completely different picture than it was last year,” he told Sporting TV.
Despite hitting many hurdles last season, with an injury to his left knee and a spontaneous pneumothorax, the experienced defender assumes he’s “fine”. “I know the corners of the house. The set is practically the same, the structure too. I feel comfortable here, Saeed. I feel at home as does Seba.” [Coates]condemned, nuno [Santos], a pot. I have experienced a transition here with the Master, a practically new era since the Master’s arrival. We were part of the group that was a national champion after 19 years. And I think the renewal comes from there a lot, from what was built in the academy on a structural level, the taste for winning and the hatred of losing.”
Neto also confirmed that the group is “aware” that in the new season it is necessary to change the script, after the fourth place in 2022/23: “Last year it was a bit different than what we have been doing since this technical team attended, so we are all aware that this year will be different. Exactly. I hope to help on and off the field. We have a good group, and we have a lot of hope that things will go well.”
Finally, the Portugal international is aware that, as one of the more experienced elements of the squad, he will also be useful to the young talents who emerge in the main squad. “It is the legacy that remains in our professional life. We want to help them as much as possible and try to ensure that these children, with quality, can reach their fullest potential. Sometimes it is not easy, there are several stages and each stage has its own time. Help the elders and tell them to be quiet, this is Just football, at a very big club, and taking that weight off them., It’s over.
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