FC Porto: how Zubizarreta is already working ‘in the shadow’

FC Porto’s future sporting director already works in several portfolios; sports management, information gathering, prospecting and budgeting are topics on which he is deepening his knowledge, in conjunction with André Villas-Boas

Although André Villas-Boas has not yet taken office and officially assumed all the positions at FC Porto, the teams that will accompany the new president in this new era are already working in the shadows to enter into force as soon as the statutes allow. One of the specific areas that deserves particular attention is the sporting direction, with Andoni Zubizarreta taking on the main role, he who will be a determining player in professional football, always in conjunction with André Villas-Boas and Jorge Costa, the football director who will have The main team, B team and U19 are under his responsibility, but he is linked as coach to AVS until the end of this season.

Andoni Zubizarreta, who seeks during this time at FC Porto to live in the shadows, but with practical results, is already familiarizing himself with some areas, especially in the areas of sports management, collection of information from the main team, ‘bês’ and Under-19 , prospecting and budgeting for what SAD will be able to spend with a view to the next football season.

The Spaniard, who worked with André Villas-Boas at Marseille in the same roles, is drinking a little of the club’s culture and intends to provide it with added value, given his knowledge. Obviously, the construction of the 2024/2025 squad is pending the conversation that André Villas-Boas will have with Sérgio Conceição as soon as he has full powers for this purpose. It remains to be seen whether he will do so after the inauguration scheduled for this Tuesday or whether he will have to wait until he can definitively become president of the Board of Directors of SAD, where the main football team is linked. Until the end of the championship and the Portuguese Cup, Andoni Zubizarreta will be observing the performance of the blue and white players and observing potential targets to attack in the summer transfer market. The intention is to have a very sustained database for when taking up official duties. He works in the shadows on several dossiers to present to who will be the coach in 2024/2025…

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