Vitor Saba

Just announced on Twitter he is considering retiring, always one for maximum social media fuss!

No doubt football is interfering with his lucrative clothing company

WSW Brotherhood on Facebook reports that Saba trialled with Den Haag but didn't get a contract because….wait for the drum roll….he could play football well but wasn't fit enough. 'Nuff said.

https://twitter.com/vitorsaba/status/658973443371700224

Not sure if trolling or serious, knowing Vitor, trolling!

He's a troubled talent.

https://twitter.com/vitorsaba/status/658973443371700224

 

Not sure if trolling or serious, knowing Vitor, trolling!

He's never going to play a game for Manchester City anyway

 

https://twitter.com/vitorsaba/status/658973443371700224

 

Not sure if trolling or serious, knowing Vitor, trolling!

He's never going to play a game for Manchester City anyway

 

All about $ for them.

Loan to Bolton, for a fee. Came on a free deal, sell him for maybe 1Million-pound and make a bit of cash.

https://twitter.com/vitorsaba/status/658973443371700224

 

Not sure if trolling or serious, knowing Vitor, trolling!

As much as I kind of like Vitor. What seems to be lost on him is, if he actually put some effort in, then it could be him.

Saba has more natural talent than Bratten, and as much as I think Bratten is a nob, he's applied himself and turned his talent into results. Hence he gets a gig in Europe.

If you took Saba's talent and skill and put Shannon Coles application to it he'd be playing at a decent European club.

It's such a strange one, he clearly loved being a wanderers so why could he not pull it together to get fit apply himself and stay.

I just saw on Saba's Instagram page him thanking his Greek club for understanding the reasons for asking the club to terminate his contract.

His instability continues.

Next stop Newcastle Jets....

Our troubled sons end up in Greece and remain....troubled

On the fox sports pod Simon hill said he is very eager to come back to Australia

Wonder if anyone would take a punt wouldn't be surprised to see him in Gosford or Perth

SABA WANTS TO FLY

Remember Vitor Saba? Well the former Wanderers playmaker is believed to be in search of a move back to the A-League to prove himself to Australian fans after his brief stint at Western Sydney. Saba is contracted to Greek club AEL Kalloni FC, but his name has been linked to the Newcastle Jets.

 

 

Lol.

I picked it before, would put money on him going to Jets or a distant chance Perth.

Flores is alleged to have talked up the Newcastle lifestyle when Vitor was here.

No idea how he would go at Jets. Is Miller a hard arse demanding coach, or a push over?

Jets would be better off recruiting one of the 14 year old surfies in the squadron than signing this wanker.

Considering they currently have a Brazilian no.10 who can't get on the park because he's so unfit, I can't see them taking a punt on our old friend.

Considering they currently have a Brazilian no.10 who can't get on the park because he's so unfit, I can't see them taking a punt on our old friend.

pretty sure Einstien was real physicist....

^ he didn't have his own clothing range though

Okay, hypothetical situation (for anybody who cares to answer), lets say he goes to Jets/Marinades/Glory, gets himself fit and into the starting lineup at Wanderland; what would your reaction to him be?

Okay, hypothetical situation (for anybody who cares to answer), lets say he goes to Jets/Marinades/Glory, gets himself fit and into the starting lineup at Wanderland; what would your reaction to him be?

My guess would be laughter

^^^ He certainly wouldn't get the warm reception that people like Covic, Polenz, Poljak, La Rocca have got. Mooy gets a bit of stick but there is still plenty out there that like him (myself included). I think it'd be similar to that. 

Personally, I certainly wouldn't care about him for just being in the team, but if he did anything such celebrate wildly after scoring against us or say **** in the media in the lead up then I probably would give him some stick. I think thats what pissed most people off about Mooy, he was very very happy when he scored against us, when the boos started, he just grinned, in a 'mission accomplished' fashion.  

Saba would do well at the mariners, they dont care about defence so he would be required to back track as much as normal coaches want.

Saba would do well at the mariners, they dont care about defence so he would be required to back track as much as normal coaches want.

I'm not so sure. I think it was Taurus that said he doesn't deal with mediocrity very well. Thanks to Walmesley, the whole team is pretty mediocre atm

Looks like he has been holding on to this for a while

Wanderers reject Saba slams 'bully' Popovic

 

Former Western Sydney Wanderers import Vitor Saba has launched a scathing attack on coach Tony Popovic, branding him a “bully†who made his life miserable at Wanderland.

By David Lewis

15 JAN 2016 - 10:19 PM

 

 

The enigmatic Brazilian midfielder – who has set his sights on an A-League return - left Australia within just seven months after a bitter fallout with Popovic over his work rate and role in the team.

 

Saba, who claims he paid $158,000 to buy himself out of his contract with Italian outfit Brescia to join Wanderers, insists a climate of fear pervades under Popovic, who has led Wanderers to AFC Asian Champions League triumph, a Premiers Plate and two grand finals in his three-and-a-half seasons at the helm.

 

“The players fear him ... they don't respect him, they fear him because he is always unfair,†claimed Saba, who is currently contracted to Greek Super League side Kalloni but is believed to be in preliminary talks with clubs over a possible A-League comeback.

 

“He punishes. That’s not how a football environment should be; with punishment and bullying.â€

 

Assiduously courted by Popovic for over two years before finally joining the Wanderers in June 2014, Saba played just 15 games in all competitions before being released by “mutual consent†last January.

 

Saba said he knew his days were numbered when, after a bust-up with Popovic in his office, he was told he could leave and was then forced to train away from the first team squad with a group of out of favour players including Daniel Mullen, Kwabena Appiah and Seyi Adeleke.

 

He made out lives inside the club very bad; taking us out from the team talk; putting us aside in every aspect of training just to make us feel bad and to ask for the release,†he added.

 

Saba even accused Popovic of physically intimidating him, declaring that after he agreed that he should leave the club during that stormy meeting: “Popovic got up, gave me a slap-push on the back and said, 'ok you can go then'."

 

A teammate of the great Ronaldinho’s at his first club Flamengo, Saba said the seeds of his exit were sewn the day he arrived in Australia.

 

“I didn't know that all of that love and confidence shown from him towards me would disappear after the first day at Sydney," he added.

 

“I arrived at 5.45am; they put me in a car and drove me directly to the training centre. After days of travel, I go directly to training.

 

"He brought me inside his office and said: 'Here no one has better treatment than the others. The players need to have a hard time.

 

“Only like this we can win. We work very hard. That’s why you come directly to training after a long flight. His tone was very hard."

 

Saba, 25, said the workload was “insane†under Popovic and “twice as hard†as Italy in his two seasons with Brescia.

 

The pair clashed over how Saba thought he should be utilised, with Popovic snuffing out his hopes of a free role whilst being unimpressed with his output and effort during training.

 

“He tried to change the way I played," added Saba. "He said, 'I don’t want you running around to get the ball like you did in Brazil and in Italy.

 

“I want you to stay in the middle and wait for the ball to come to you. Less dribbling. Only two touches on the ball. But that was not me. I am used to being the playmaker and having freedom.

 

"At Wanderers, I was always on the bench. He used to call me aside and say I was the most talented player he had worked with. Even more talented than Shinji Ono, but I had to play the way he wanted me to play."

 

The pair's relationship was acrimonious to the end, with Saba claiming Popovic made his release conditional on a rival A-League not signing him.

 

“He told my agent he could find me another team, but not inside the A-League. I was devastated by that.â€

 

A source close to Popovic said of Saba's claims: “The Wanderers had high hopes of Saba and there is no doubting that he has great ability.

 

"But his training levels and his output were between 40 and 60 per cent lower than his teammates.

 

“With Tony Popovic, how you train is how play. He was very disappointed with how things went because he was expecting big things from Saba and it just didn't happen."

 

But Saba countered: “I tried … I really did. Players used to come to me and say how I was still on the bench and never given a chance, while Popovic put players from other positions to play as number 10, like Mark Bridge, who is winger.â€

 

Saba, who has made 15 appearances for rock bottom Kalloni this season, feels he has a point to prove in the A-League and is looking for the chance to make more of an impact second time around should a club take a gamble on him.

Boy oh boy did Saba leave some stuff out of that fairytale

Popa's reputation will always win out over Saba's rants. I think he is digging his own grave.