Silva told Record: “At this time, frankly, we have 38 players. We have many decisions to take, many players from the academy to analyse and to define.
“It’s obvious that later we are going to attack the market. Everything that has been said about William does not correspond to the truth.”
“The reality is that I have not yet spoken to the owner or Marcel, who I deal with on these things, about any Portuguese football players right now. I’m not saying I will not talk. But at the moment I did not mention any players who are in the Portuguese league.”