Tottenham defender Pedro Porro has revealed he once hid an injury from Sporting Club de Portugal just so he could play in a crucial game.
The full-back has been speaking to Expresso, relayed by A Bola, about his time at his former club and life at Tottenham.
The Spaniard can credit his time at Sporting as being the one to really launch his career after a difficult early spell at Manchester City.
He failed to make the breakthrough at the Etihad and eventually joined Sporting on loan in August 2020, with the move made into a permanent one two years later for €8.7m.
Porro has been a regular for them since and established himself as a key player under Ange Postecoglou, whose attacking system has certainly brought the best out of him.
He’s very much a bonafide Premier League player and now looking back, admits there has been a real fight to get to that point, so much so he lied to his former club at one point.
“In the title game against Boavista I was injured,” he said.
“I never told this, but three days before I had injured my hamstring muscles, but I didn’t tell anyone because I knew the importance of the game and I wanted to play, or yes, or yes!
“I lasted 30 minutes [he was replaced after 17 minutes, by João Pereira], I felt a stronger pain, but I knew I had to give everything because the title couldn’t escape.”
True commitment to the game.
