Sporting CP eye former Liverpool coach to replace Rui Borges

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Sporting CP have spent recent weeks exploring potential replacements for head coach Rui Borges, according to CNN Portugal and MaisFutebol.Club president Frederico Varandas and other senior figures have contacted several managers to assess their availability should Borges be dismissed. The candidates include Abel Ferreira, Leonardo Jardim, Vítor Pereira, Paulo Sousa and a former Liverpool coach.Borges took charge on 26 December 2024 and guided Sporting to consecutive league titles and a domestic double.

He held talks with Sporting when they appointed Borges, but the two parties failed to reach an agreement.The former Sporting player is currently without a club after spending two seasons in the United Arab Emirates. He has never managed a team in Portugal but is reportedly enthusiastic about returning to his former club.Abel Ferreira and Leonardo Jardim could prove more difficult to appoint.

Ferreira also has a Copa Libertadores final to contest.Jardim is reportedly expected to leave Flamengo at the end of the season, regardless of whether they win the league, and become a free agent in December.A Bola reports that he knows about Sporting’s interest but is also considering other opportunities, including the possibility of taking charge of a national team.The fifth candidate has a direct connection to Liverpool. The latter was the heaviest loss of Matos’s time in charge.Sporting are not the only club monitoring his situation.