'I cost Tottenham £8m but I'm coming out of retirement to play for non-league team in FA Cup'

Harborough Town person been 1 of the stories of this year’s FA Cup and person gone viral aft signing erstwhile Premier League and Brazil prima Sandro who has since explained the move

Ex-Spurs prima Sandro could not defy the telephone of returning to shot aft penning a daze woody with Harborough Town.

The erstwhile Brazil international, present 35, retired successful 2023 but had not really played since April 2022 during a garment spell with Portuguese minnows B SAD. But the midfielder has returned to shot with a bizarre move.

Sandro has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a one-match woody with non-league outfit Harborough Town. The 35-year-old has joined the seventh-tier outfit to play successful their FA Cup clash with Reading.

Harborough person reached the 2nd circular of the contention for the archetypal clip successful their history. They person already beaten Darlaston Town, Stourbridge, Leamington and Bury, portion they besides bushed Tonbridge Angels 4-1 successful the archetypal round.

And explaining his move, Sandro admits helium could not defy getting backmost connected the pitch. Speaking with talkSPORT, helium said: "I was successful the Tottenham stadium talking to the [Harborough management] and they said 'Sandro, tin you play for my team' and I said 'yes wherefore not.

"This was a existent competition, the FA Cup, and they said, 'Sandro travel down, we'll wage you, you play with us' and I said 'no hide it, it's not astir the money, I'll spell determination conscionable to bask with you guys and person fun'."

He added: "This is conscionable for a game, I don't person a declaration with them, it's conscionable for maine to spell determination and bask shot due to the fact that I miss it. What an accidental for maine to spell determination and bask shot again for 1 past match, truthful I said 'why not?'"

Sandro played 110 Premier League games for Tottenham, earning 17 Brazil caps successful that time. He besides represented QPR, Genoa and Udinese.

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And portion helium is turning his attraction to coaching, helium is inactive relishing the accidental to don his boots erstwhile more. "I emotion shot due to the fact that of this things,” Sandro said.

“I've finished by UEFA B [coaching licence] and I thought it would beryllium astonishing for maine to spell determination and consciousness the changing country again and the players and beryllium portion of shot again."

Meanwhile, Harborough Town brag Mitch Austin has hailed the club’s determination for the erstwhile Premier League star. He said: “What an unbelievable signing for the club, I truly cannot explicit however I americium feeling.

"I had a accidental speech with Sandro a mates of weeks agone and we got talking astir football, told him astir Harborough Town FC and the travel we are connected and helium has been messaging maine ever since to motion on, wholly unbelievable and gobsmacked is however I would picture this signing.

“These benignant of signings don’t hap each time but erstwhile you get a accidental to motion an ex-professional footballer who has played astatine the highest level successful the Premier League and internationally with Brazil, you conscionable cannot crook it down.”

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