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Porto coach Conceicao on Diaz sale to Liverpool: Finance more important here than sporting success

Porto coach Sergio Conceicao says he won't complain about Luis Diaz's sale to Liverpool.

Conceicao spoke of the sale after victory over Maritimo yesterday.

He said, "It's not worth repeating myself. I'm aware of the club I represent, the demand this club has for its professionals and the one I have.

"That identification and this way of being doesn't change, but obviously we are talking about four players, three of them... Corona two years ago was the best player in the League, Sérgio [Oliveira] was last year, curiously, and this year it was Luis Díaz.

"Today on the bench I had two centre-backs, two full-backs and two goalkeepers, and then two boys, Gonçalo Borges and Francisco [Conceição] together with Toni Martínez in the front.

"It's part of my job to find solutions, in a situation very difficult where clearly the financial aspect was much stronger than the possible sporting success."

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