Hulk's comments on being asked to play for Portugal are pathetic, says Carlos Queiroz
Former Portugal coach, Carlos Queiroz, has waived away the comments made by FC Porto’s Hulk, saying that the striker could have never been asked to play for the Iberian team. The Brazilian International recently revealed that he had the chance to don the
Seleccao colours but he instead opted to represent the country of his birth.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 star Hulk has recently made the headlines for some of his off the field activities. The forward claimed that early in his career, he was given a tantalizing opportunity to play for Portugal.
However being determined to make his name with the Brazilian National team, the former Tokyo Verdy man forego the opportunity and decided to channel all his energies into gaining caps for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Canaries-c38723.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fonseca-c13888 has also backed the claims of his client, saying that he was indeed approached to play for Portugal, but the identity of who offered him still remains unknown.
Speaking to reporters, the advisor said that during the reign of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Queiroz, someone had approached the front-man with the option of representing the Portuguese National team; however he declined as he wanted to play for the five-time World Cup winners.
"I do not know how long it was. Carlos Queiroz was the coach and Hulk was tapped to play there. At the time, it became clear that Hulk would not become a naturalized Portuguese http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 team," he said.
The representative also went to reveal that the Portista attacker has also been offered the prospect of playing for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928 but he turned it down.
While nothing else has been proved about the situation, Former Manchester United and Portugal trainer, Carlos Queiroz, has lambasted Hulk’s remarks, saying that the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kawasaki-Frontale-c39683 man could never have been asked to play for the Navigators.
"That is absolutely pathetic. It is a rumour and those who spread it are even more pathetic.”
However the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iran-c2923 boss went onto say that even if there was such a proposal in the past, it was definitely not given by him or anyone involved with the National team set-up in Portugal.
"If he was invited, it was not by someone from the national team. I was definitely not that person,” Carlos Queiroz was quoted as saying.
Although Hulk chose to align himself with Brazil rather than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, it remains to be seen how the decision has really benefitted his career.
Only making it in the team during friendly encounters, the 25-year-old can hardly be considered a member of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mano-c23341 Menezes’ team. However if he had chosen to represent Portugal, he might have had the chance to play last year’s World Cup and shine alongside
the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629.
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