Pinto da Costa: “Antero Henrique was my daughter’s house…and he is the sponsor of the other nomination” – Porto

President says Villas-Boas 'was not able to harm FC Porto'

At a dinner with young Porto fans, on Thursday, in Praia da Luz, in Porto, Pinto da Costa spoke again about the reasons that prompted him to submit a new candidacy for the presidency of FC Porto. The club's president since 1982 fired Antero Henrique, former CEO of Porto SAD, as well as Joaquim Oliveira, a major shareholder of Porto.

“In October last year, Mr. Antero Henrique, who is the sponsor of this nomination [de André Villas-Boas]He went to my daughter's house to find out whether I would apply or not, to advise me not to apply, because it would be very difficult, after January there would be many attacks… My daughter replied, well, he didn't answer me, what I thought in my head. It was after I realized why Louis Andre was nominated [Villas-Boas] Which I decided to apply for. Why? Because I checked the reason behind this nomination,” Pinto da Costa began by saying.

“It's not him [Villas-Boas] Whoever has bad ideas does not… he transmits the ideas that are written to him and that he will read. But it is not his, because he has never been able to harm FC Porto,” the president stressed, providing another target for his criticism.

“Mr. Joaquim Oliveira was in the front row during the presentation of Luis André's nomination. In the front row. Where do you know him? I don't know. Where will he go? Where do they want to go? That's what I know.” “But this is not at my expense. There is no justification for FC Porto, whose heart lies in our city, which is the symbol of our region, and which is the pride of our country, to go to Lisbon to present a project.” said Pinto da Costa, continuing his fire on the high performance center proposed by Villas-Boas and against Joaquim Oliveira.

“He was the only person who appeared in the pictures, and I don't know if there was anyone else, but he was the only person who appeared in the pictures. Who was he? Mr. Joaquim Oliveira. To present a project is unviable, unlicensed, that there is no project Certified, where nothing fits, does not fit everything they said they would do, because half of this land is in an ecological reserve. So, they had and concluded by saying: “It is wise not to come and deceive the people of Porto, they had the common sense to go and preach in the capital. “It's a choice.”

Written by Roy Souza