Candidate spoke to supporters in the Azores
André Villas-Boas, in the meeting he held with his partners in the Azores, commented on the recent measures taken by Management: «FC Porto is selling 30% of the heart of Porto Comercial to an American company to exploit it in another way. All these decisions cost us a lot, because we saw April 2024 and this team that we were putting together with much greater commercial growth potential, if we held that 100%. Therefore, now we are giving up 30% and part of this 30% is in return for a value, such as the sale of between 60 and 70 million, as the financial administrator of FC Porto, who is leaving, told us. However, we are sorry that all these structuring decisions are being taken two months before the elections, which led us to ask some questions to FC Porto’s SAD, which remained unclear. It may be that at this point they are being answered by the President. If not, we will continue looking for these answers, because they are really very important for our future,” he said.
Regarding the new modalities, he revealed: «It is relatively easy to launch athletics. Therefore, we are aiming for 2025/26. Men’s volleyball will also involve the launch of training at the same time, so it could also be a project in 2025/26 and 2026/2027. Now, I’m going to give free rein to our Sports Director, who will be presented on Saturday to put together all these scenarios”, he said, denying his intention to bring cycling back soon. “We have no intention of returning anytime soon. We will let everything that happened recently with W52 and FC Porto dissipate, as well as everything that is happening around the sport and, later, think about its return, if so.”
