With a contract with Sporting until June 2024, Sebastian Coates, 32, does not hide that he dreams of returning to the club where he trained: Nacional Montevideo.
“The truth is that since I left the club it has always been and remains my goal to come back. Obviously it depends on a lot of things, on how physically I will be, if the coach who is there wants me, if the club wants me. I don’t want to be a burden to the club, Or I have to go just because of an appointment. If so, he really helps and does everything for Nacional to do well, “he said, in an interview published on Wednesday by the Uruguayan newspaper Ovación.
However, the defender was very happy at Sporting, the club for which he recently played 300 matches. “It happens naturally. Since my arrival, they have treated me very well and I had the regularity that I was looking for since I left Nacional and I didn’t get it at Liverpool and Sunderland », he explained, also speaking about being a captain in the Valladean motto: «You have a responsibility To be a leader everywhere. I have that responsibility at the club, but I’ve stayed the same since I arrived, whether I’m a leader or not.”
even when? “My idea, and I’ve always said that, is not to expect beyond 2024 [quando termina o contrato] Because we have an expiration date. Sometimes a player thinks he can keep playing and his body just won’t allow it. That’s why I want to get to 2024 and see where I am physically, if I can continue to help the club. And he said that if he has since become a burden, it will not be what is best for me, the club, or closing the circle here.
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