"I'm a Sporting coach, there was no interview or agreement with any club, I'm just focused as always on defending my club.

As I no longer have anything else to say, there will be no interviews or agreements with the Sporting coach.

Alonso was considered the ideal heir to Klopp but committed his future to Bayer Leverkusen before they were crowned Bundesliga champions with the possibility of an unprecedented treble.

Attention was then turned to Amorim after a stellar four years at Sporting, but he reiterated that his focus was only on the Portuguese club.

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