The Portuguese Primeira Liga restarts on Wednesday with a warning for English football. Maritimo’s former Reading boss Jose Gomes says there is “no point” in playing football again unless the games mean something and relegation is at stake.
Gomes finds himself in danger of going down but argues that football already looks drastically different and they must not change it any further with Premier League clubs still arguing over relegation and what happens if the English season is curtailed. “This is the football life.
You must be fighting for something all of the time otherwise there’s no point,” said Gomes. “We can never be completely perfect.