Marítimo wants ‘middle ground’, Villas-Boas ‘normal FC Porto defence’ | OneFootball

Marítimo president Carlos André Gomes spoke this Saturday about the League General Assembly scheduled for Monday, at which the distribution of audiovisual rights will be put to a vote. The executive was unequivocal and argued for a “middle ground” in the debate between the clubs.

“Marítimo’s role has been to build something that is positive for Portuguese football. Between what was the League’s initial formula and what was Nacional’s formula, Marítimo would obviously vote for the latter. We worked with Nacional on preparing a formula, which led the League to revise the one it was preparing. But Marítimo is not fundamentalist in this matter, because it believes there should be a middle ground. And that is what we are working toward. Whatever the direction of the General Assembly’s agenda, Marítimo will take its position in defence of Portuguese football. We are not rigid in our position,” stressed the Madeiran club’s leader, on the sidelines of the celebrations marking 100 years since Marítimo won the Campeonato de Portugal (1925/26) and the inauguration of the so-called ‘Champions’ Square’ at Barreiros.

As for André Villas-Boas’s criticism of the proposal put forward by Nacional, the executive interpreted it as “a normal position in defence of FC Porto”, while also adding: “When the FC Porto president attacks Nacional’s model, that certainly means it is good for Portuguese football as a whole, except for the big three”.

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