Sporting president launches strong criticism against former captain Morten Hjulmand

[p]On Sunday evening, club president Frederico Varandas launched a scathing attack on the Danish international, who had been highly regarded by the club's fans and had even worn the captain's armband prior to his move to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]giants Atlético Madrid[/a].[/p][p]The president was asked about the club's current star striker, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suarez-luis/fV4fAvB8/"]Luis Suárez[/a]—who is also rumored to be leaving but continues to play for the clu, and suddenly [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hjulmand-morten/pjC6hC8U/"]Hjulmand[/a] was on the receiving end of a verbal jab.[/p][p][b]"If Suárez is called up for a match, it is because he is professional enough to be there and honor the shirt. Let me give you a simple example: last year, precisely because of the turbulence in the January transfer market, there were stories about our captain that never amounted to anything."[/b][/p][embed guid="163b19d2-d8e8-4832-b08a-fb4a06807a96" url="https://x.com/atm542743/status/2091821410750464320" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"There were no offers in January, but there was pressure from the player because he wanted to leave. We discussed a possible departure that, in reality, had no substance: there were zero offers, and there was unprofessional b[/b]ehavior."[/p][p]"What happened? The player was sidelined at a time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting[/a] was competing for the national championship," he said, according to "O Jogo" and CNN Portugal.[/p][p]He is presumably referring to a match on 1 February, when Hjulmand was suddenly left out of the Sporting squad entirely.[/p][p]The following round, he was back and played one of his 141 matches for the Lisbon club.[/p]