Are FC Barcelona and Liverpool in race to sign Sporting coach Ruben Amorim?

Sporting Lisbon head coach Ruben Amorim has been one of the youngest coaches to make a name for himself at the age of 39. Due to his fantastic stats as a coach, there were several clubs interested in signing him for the upcoming season. Amorim in over 200 matches and averages 2.24 points per game which is quite extraordinary for a young coach like him. Two big European clubs Liverpool and FC Barcelona were in the race to acquire the service of the Portuguese manager. 

Liverpool and Barca's hot seat will be empty as Jurgen Klopp and Xavi have already decided to leave their respective clubs after the end of the current season. Both clubs have various options in their hand, though the Blaugranes management does not have faith and believes that he is too inexperienced to be the coach of the club. The Reds are going all out for the coach as they need someone to replace Klopp. 

But the Portuguese manager amidst all the speculations dropped his comments. He said that he could not give the assurance that he might stay in Portugal for the next season. Amorim gave a reference to Xabi Alonso and stated he could not guarantee as the Spanish coach did with staying in Germany. There is a lot of time to have a conversation about the same and he just wants to win titles and go with the flow. 

Liverpool leading race to sign Amorim?

Barca went out due to financial reasons as there is a €20 million release clause in the coach's contract. While the Portuguese club is willing to negotiate, and any interested team might get him for €15 million, the Catalan giants would not pay that type of money for a new manager.

Portuguese football journalist Tom Kundert spoke, "He’s been absolutely brilliant since he’s been at Sporting. You cannot really kind of overstate the impact that he’s had. If you just look at his record, he’s almost been a bit of a miracle worker."