Ivan Jaime’s agents speak of “public harassment” and appeal to FC Porto

CAA Stellar, the agency that represents Ivan Jaime, spoke out this Monday about the removal of the Spanish player from FC Porto, which it considered a «public belittling, with professional damage, but also with personal damage».

In a statement, to which the More football had access, Ivan Jaime’s representatives reveal that they did not speak out sooner due to the “sensitive electoral moment” of the dragons, where it was “essential to be a factor of stability and not instability, of unity and never of disunity.”

Once the results of the elections, won by André Villas-Boas, are known, CAA Stellar and the player “call for the cessation of all behaviors, official or unofficial, institutional and personal, which, in a manner contrary to ethics and even against the law, have seriously harmed”.

Ivan Jaime continues with «the same desire» that he had in August, when he arrived at the club, and hopes «to finally have the conditions to realize the “innumerable potentialities” that his coach then declared to see in him».

On April 16, remember, the More football he realized that Conceição was unhappy with Ivan Jaime’s performance against Famalicão, along with his lack of training since the first day (he arrived overweight, with 12% fat mass, never losing weight and always having worse results in physical tests).

The statement from the agency that represents Ivan Jaime:

«CAA Stellar and the athlete Ivan Jaime have maintained a painful silence until today, because their ethics and professionalism demanded total institutional respect for the electoral moment that Futebol Clube do Porto experienced in recent months and which has now concluded.

For this reason alone, we do not deny all the news, references, statements and, unfortunately, insinuations that have been calling into question the good name, professional prestige and sporting merits of the international professional football athlete Ivan Jaime.

As Futebol Clube do Porto begins a new cycle, which we desire for organizational stability, sporting and financial success and institutional reaffirmation as one of the biggest professional football clubs in Europe and, therefore, on the planet, this is the moment for the player Ivan Jaime finds space to make his voice heard, the truth he lives every day.

In August 2023, Ivan Jaime said publicly that the option of joining Futebol Clube do Porto had been an option “taken at all costs”, expressing his strong will and unshakable conviction of finding the right one. sporting, athletic and professional context that would best correspond to his recognized football talent, his acclaimed ability to read the game, his permanent physical dedication and his unbreakable loyalty.

Eight months later, nothing has changed in this desire or conviction. Nothing has changed in Ivan Jaime’s physical or mental condition in any of the more than two hundred days that have passed since his arrival at Futebol Clube do Porto. On none of these days did the athlete perform less or worse, performed poorly or with distrust, presented himself with mental or physical reserve or stopped deeply wanting Futebol Clube do Porto to be his emotional, sporting, professional and personal home; May it be the club that makes you happy and that Ivan Jaime helps make you even happier. In each of these more than 200 days, the athlete did and did what was expected of him, what was required of him and what should be recognized and thanked.

This recognition and gratitude never arrived. First came an announced retirement, criticism in the public square and his public belittling, with professional harm, but also with personal harm. The player, for months, said nothing, did not defend himself. Futebol Clube do Porto came first and, at a sensitive electoral moment, it was essential to be a factor of stability and not instability, of unity and never of disunity.

Once the direction that Futebol Clube do Porto will take in the coming years has been defined, player Ivan Jaime calls for an end to all behaviors, official or unofficial, institutional and personal, which, contrary to ethics and even against the law, seriously affect him. harmed and, therefore, naturally and consequently also harmed the contribution that he has the same desire to make to Futebol Clube do Porto that he had when he arrived, on the last day of August 2023, hoping to be able to finally have the conditions to realize the “innumerable potentialities” that his coach then declared to see in him.”