Ex-Sporting candidate: Varandas compared to Pinto da Costa | OneFootball

Nuno Sousa, former candidate for the presidency of Sporting, addressed the recent decisions made by Frederico Varandas and the controversies he has been involved in. In exclusive statements to Leonino, the manager ended up comparing the top leader of the Lions to... Pinto da Costa.

Nuno Sousa: "After all, it seems that Frederico Varandas had a model to follow"

"Frederico Varandas’ response, saying that we dominated in the number of championships, sounds so much like the answers I heard for years and decades from our rivals who said exactly the same thing, namely from Pinto da Costa, who would show international trophies to deny that dominance over national refereeing. In the end, it seems Frederico Varandas had a model to follow in the type of response, which reveals his lack of coherence and does nothing to contribute to the kind of 'adult in the room' position one would expect from the leader of Sporting."

Nuno Sousa was highly critical of the 225 million euro financing carried out by Sporting. The candidate for the presidency of the green and white club spoke with our newspaper, in an Exclusive for Leonino, and accused Frederico Varandas of "mortgaging the future" of the Lions, due to the "egos" that exist at Alvalade.

"More debt with an absurd term and loss of independence. We have covertly returned to the Roquette era that almost destroyed the associative club. With this, we are once again hearing talk of restructurings and the creation of new companies, which will lead to the progressive handing over of the club to investors. This management has always bet on the alienation of future revenues and the weakening of the associative strength. We are once again mortgaging the future to sustain the princely salaries of the 'structure', egos, and the propaganda machine that has been set up," Nuno Sousa began to explain, regarding the 225 million euro financing, which, according to official sources, will be used for works at the Alvalade Stadium.

Nuno Sousa also commented on the current environment in Portuguese football – as Carlos Xavier did recently – with special attention to the controversies involving referees: "There have always been and always will be controversies about refereeing, sometimes involving some, other times others. Those who are seriously involved in the discussion make structural proposals; those who are not talk about specific incidents. VAR was and is a structural measure that, interestingly, since its introduction, has leveled the playing field and has already 'helped' us become champions. Who pushed for that to happen? Bruno de Carvalho, former president of Sporting. I never saw other clubs interested."

"If there are those who dominate refereeing, then something is wrong. My proposal has always been the autonomy of referees, as happens in England. Does anyone want that? I don’t think so, because everyone wants to have that power to 'influence' things behind the scenes," Nuno Sousa began by saying, when asked what Sporting’s position should be.

Frederico Varandas."

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