1.6 The fall and rise of Bruno de Carvalho - Sporting's darkest hour looms
In the last part of the fall and rise of Bruno de Carvalho we left on the news that he'd been re-elected as club president in March 2017 for a further four year term. Whilst with taking 86.13% of the vote things for de Carvalho were seemingly still looking positive, on the pitch Sporting had failed to win a single title last season under the mister Jorge Jesus, the previous Benfica coach, now in his second season as coach of the lions and €11m better off for it. Well, before taxes anyway. He had been de Carvalho's choice to replace the popular young coach Marco Silva who had led Sporting to victory in the Taca de Portugal only to be sacked four days later. To remind you all, Jesus' first year contract came with a €5m a season salary, a big chunk of change had he been managing in the Premier League let alone for a club in the Portuguese top division. Being the Liga's highest paid coach is in itself no guarantee of success as it proved when he won just the Supertaça in hi...
