Revealed: Why Liverpool’s hopes to bringing in Ruben Amorim were DASHED

Jacque Talbot

17 May 2024 15:45 BST
3 min read

Ruben Amorim’s hopes of a move to Liverpool didn’t materialise because Sporting CP moved the goalposts, according to a latest report.

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The Sporting CP head coach was thought to be keen on a switch to Anfield but his current side’s president, Francisco Varandas, had a hand in stopping the move from taking place.

Earlier this year, Jurgen Klopp made the shock decision set to call time on a nine-year tenure with Liverpool, leading to a number of names speculated to be taking over the German’s position at the end of the season.

Amorim was reported to be one of the leading candidates and even open to a move, but in the end the Reds opted for Arne Slot, the head coach of Feyenoord.

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Why didn't Ruben Amorim join Liverpool?

Now the reason why has emerged with Christian Falk stating in his CaughtOffside column: “I found out why the transfer of Ruben Amorim (Sporting Lisbon) to Liverpool FC fell through in the end. Everything had already been negotiated and the contracts were ready to be signed.

He continued: “Sporting Lisbon would have received a transfer fee of €10m, as had been agreed. However, the president of Sporting Lisbon, Francisco Varandas, is said to have changed his mind at the last minute. Suddenly, the president demanded €20m and spontaneously doubled the price.

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“Liverpool did not want to play the game. That was bitter for Amorim, who would have loved to become Jürgen Klopp’s successor.”

It is also thought that Liverpool were none too pleased at the release of information that came out at the time which stated that Amorim headed to London for talks with West Ham, something they thought was a power move to speed up the process.

Furthermore, there were also genuine concerns over the Portuguese head coach’s tactics, given he uses a three-at-the-back formation with Sporting CP.