Fabio Alexandre - A Career As A Manager Begins At Sporting CP

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In a rather surprising turn of events, ex-Sporting player Fabio Alexandre has been appointed as the new manager of the Lions. Alexandre succeeds Paulo Bento and will have the tough task of leading Sporting to the Portuguese title, something that hasnt been achieved since 2002.
Everything seemed to hint that Paulo Sergio would be at the helm of the club, but Sporting were unable to reach an agreement with Vit.Guimaraes and ultimately had to look elsewhere.
President Eduardo Bettencourt had suggested his preference was a young, Portuguese manager, and in the 31-year-old he has found just that.

Following this announcement, Fabio Alexandre gave his first press conference and set his target for the new season by saying ' I will look to bring in the best players available to the club' and also that the main objective for the season will be to become Champions!!

 

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Bright Start To The Season...

So far Fabio Alexandre's reign at the command of Sporting CP has started in the best way possible with 8 pre-season games being played with 7 wins, a draw and a friendly cup win at Reading being accomplished, and also managed to guarantee a place in the Champions League Play-off with a 2-2 draw over 2 legs but going through on away goals against Twente.
They will now face Sivasspor from Turkey in the Play-off.

Results

[Friendly] Sporting 3-1 Portsmouth
[Friendly] Sporting 1-1 Karlsruhe
[Friendly] Sporting 1-0 Bastia
[Friendly] Sporting 1-0 La Berrichonne
[Friendly Cup Semi-Final] Sporting 4-3 Recreativo Huelva
[Friendly Cup Final] Sporting p 0-0 Bologna [5-3]
[Friendly] Sporting 3-1 Vit.Setubal
[Friendly] Sporting 4-3 Austria Wien

[Champions League Best Placed Qual. Leg 1] Twente 2-1 Sporting
[Champions League Best Placed Qual. Leg 2] Sporting 1-0 Twente

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Transfers So Far...

So far Fabio Alexandre has guaranteed the services of none other than 9 players [1 on loan and the other arriving in December] for roughly £10million. Looks like he's keeping his promise on bringing fresh new talent to the club..

Players In

Jaime Valdes [Attacking Midfielder] - £750,000 from Atalanta

Marco Torsiglieri [Centre-Back] - £1,100,000 from Velez

Evaldo [Left-Back] - £500,000 from SC Braga [Seen Below During Press Conference]

Matheus [Left Winger] - £450,000 from SC Braga

Vincenzo Camilleri [Central Defender] - £1,700,000 from Reggina

Rodney Sneijder [Left Midfielder] - £1,200,000 from Ajax

Alejandro Dominguez [Attacking Midfielder] - £1,600,000 from Rubin [Transfer will take place on 16.12.09]

Alejandro Gomez [Attacking Midfielder] - £2,500,000 from San Lorenzo

AND...

Jeffrey Bruma [Central Defender] - On Loan from Chelsea FC

More Transfers Have Been Promised..




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