By Melody Gross 
with Robin Amorim's passing As for Manchester United, Sporting have opted to promote Joao Pereira to head coach until the end of the season. It is the consolidation of the transition phase that was prepared a few months ago In the direction of Leonine.
The current coach of the B team, Joao Pereira, has already been groomed to be Amorim's natural successor, with the aim of maintaining the continuity of the project started by the previous coach.
The choice of Joao Pereira is considered internal and strategic due to his harmony with Ruben Amorim's ideas and his prominent role in shaping Leo.
According to register,Louis Neto has also been contacted in the past few hours to return to the main team structure at Sporting, in an attempt to strengthen the dressing room in the transitional phase after the departure of Ruben Amorim. The former Leonin captain, who bid farewell to the fans at the end of last season and is still in contact with the club, had already received an offer from Frederico Varandas to join the technical structure.
Joao Pereira began his career at Domingos Savio and rose to prominence in Benfica's youth team, where he won the championship in 2005 and was capped by Portugal's national teams, including the 2003 European Under-19 Championship. After his time at Gil Vicente, he established himself as SC Braga, which He was later hired by Sporting, where he won the title.
STrials at Valencia and Trabzonspor followed, before he returned to Sporting to put an end to his playing career. Since then, he has been part of the club's coaching staff, and has been To train Team B.