1.3 The rise and fall of Bruno de Carvalho - Taken to the Dry Cleaners
In part two of the series on the rise and fall of Bruno de Carvalho as club president of Sporting CP we followed his first full season at the helm in his new role. Leonardo Jardim had been hired as his new mister replacing Jesualdo Ferreira who had presided over what was described as the club's worst ever season in its history which saw it fail to qualify for European competition for only the second time. Without a pot to piss in the lions had sold their top goalscorer for €10m to Norwich City and had received an additional €500,000 from another sale. Just one incoming signing garnered a fee which was €400,000 giving them a net spend of -€10.1m. The club's accountants would have been happier at least. Despite Jardim having to rely on academy players to boost his squad depth, a disappointing exit to the clubs biggest city rivals in the Taça de Portugal and failing to get out of the group stage of the Taça da Liga, the season was still somewhat of a success as they leapfrogged ea...
