“He's one of our own, and we've always wanted to see him win at FC Porto” | OneFootball

Cardoso Varela’s return to FC Porto “is an example for national and international football” and represents the positive outcome of “a story that begins in a violent and sad way” but “ends in the right way.” Standing alongside the youngster, who “showed a total desire to return to FC Porto and made considerable efforts as both an athlete and a man,” president André Villas-Boas described Cardoso Varela as “a great talent” and said he believes the 17-year-old forward can “perform for the benefit of FC Porto and its goals”: “He will necessarily take a step back, because his current framework is as a player for the B team, but with the potential he has, we believe he will quickly reach the first team.”

A lesson for life“This is a transfer that tells many stories, stories of improper pressure on a boy and a family, movements and false dreams. A story that begins in a violent and sad way now ends well and happily, with a return home. Cardoso Varela is a son of this house, whom we have always wanted to see succeed at FC Porto. He showed his regret, the necessary regret, and recognition of a mistake, for which he is not the only one to blame.”

Return to his roots“He showed a total desire to return to FC Porto and made considerable efforts as both an athlete and a man. He was the victim of threats and lived through false dreams, he and his family, and now he is reunited with FC Porto, a home that he knows very well what it means. He knows what he can give, what he can become, and we want to believe that his first goal for the first team will be dedicated to the institution that is FC Porto.”

Absolute dedication“You can feel it in his joy and see it in his shining eyes. Let all the doubts and uncertainties from the last time we met, almost two years ago, disappear. He was a boy without direction, with many questions in his head about which path to take and about the information he was being given as to what his arrival in European football through other clubs could be. Now he has found happiness, rediscovered his home and some of his former teammates, some of whom, in Rodrigo Mora’s case, are already in the first team, with all the success we know he has already had and will continue to have.”

A steady path“There is a huge desire to take up a place that, in 2024, was going to be set aside for him, which was to begin with the first team, train with the first team and establish himself in FC Porto’s first team. He will necessarily take a step back, because his current framework is as a player for the B team, but with the potential he has, we believe he will quickly reach the first team.”

A happy ending“It is a story that ends in the right way, as a good example of repentance. The Club reopens its doors to welcome back one of its own, and it is an example for national and international football, because of the noise FC Porto made after the movements of certain agents who should never pressure families into believing false dreams.”

Confidence in the future“He is a great talent signing for FC Porto, we believe so, but now it depends on him. We have opened the doors, but now his talent must always be at the Club’s disposal. The player must perform for the benefit of FC Porto and its objectives, and that is what we believe in.”

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