Hakan Safi: “Villas-Boas rang me, said he’d sign Luis Suárez” | OneFootball

Mustafa Hakan Safi, millionaire and candidate for the Fenerbahçe presidency, once again assured this Thursday that, if he wins the election, he will sign Luis Suárez from Sporting. More than that, he revealed the contents of an alleged conversation with his “friend André Villas-Boas”, in which the FC Porto president reportedly told him that he also intended to move for the Colombian striker.

“If I am elected president, Luis Suárez will wear the Fenerbahçe shirt next season. Today, my friend, FC Porto president André Villas-Boas, called me and said: ‘You pulled off something remarkable, I was going to sign him. How did you do it?’” Hakan Safi said in a speech that was warmly applauded by his supporters.

He added: “He thanked me for transferring the top scorer in the Portuguese league. Suárez really is coming here. If we are elected, we will see Suárez, who is on the radar of Europe’s giants, wearing the Fenerbahçe shirt next season. My board and I promise that.”

It should be noted that the only way Hakan Safi’s version could be true would be if FC Porto were preparing to trigger the 80-million-euro release clause of the 28-year-old Colombian international, a fee completely beyond the reach of the Dragons’ coffers, even though the blue-and-whites still want to strengthen their attack in this summer transfer window, even after the arrival of André Silva on a free transfer.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.