André Villas-Boas: “Varandas gives me grief, no trust between us” | OneFootball

This Thursday saw the Fourth Bola Branca Conference, organised by Rádio Renascença, bringing together several public figures linked to sport. André Villas-Boas, president of FC Porto, was one of the speakers and addressed his relationship with Varandas.

“Frederico Varandas gives me a lot of trouble, we do not like each other, we do not trust each other. Rui Costa is a gentleman of football, a dignified and humane person, and he leads our biggest rival. Our biggest historic rival is Benfica and we are the club with the most titles in Portuguese football. Rui and I have a very close and frank relationship. I was not pleasant with him when I said he would be in Frederico Varandas’s pocket. They always want to be on FC Porto’s heels. With Frederico, it is personal; I cannot allow personal and family attacks. I cannot allow that. On a professional level, we share some views, especially on centralisation. We worked together for two years in the distribution process and did so very well. FC Porto did not support Reinaldo Teixeira, but I congratulated him on his year in office; he did a good job on centralisation. 90% of the fans are concentrated among the big three, with no disrespect to the others. That means the Portuguese giants are the driving force.”

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