Sporting Lisbon aren't the biggest club in Portugal. They're nowhere near Benfica and Porto.
Also, Olympiacos and Sporting Lisbon aren't both far bigger clubs than Everton, they're not even bigger clubs than Everton.
We'd beat them in a transfer battle for any player and can spend money they can only dream of having.
Are Malmo a far bigger club than Everton because they win things in an irrelevant league?
For some reason, I had in my mind that he'd managed Porto as well as Sporting. He didn't, he was just heavily linked there. So apologies.
Sporting are definitely as big as Everton, though. Similar pressures, similar size of history etc.