Book reveals tension: Pinto da Costa snubbed Villas-Boas gesture | OneFootball

The post-election period was turbulent: in practice, FC Porto ended up having two presidencies. André Villas-Boas immediately assumed the presidency of the club, while, as far as the SAD was concerned, the administration led by Pinto da Costa extended its mandate to the legal limit. Pinto da Costa did not take the defeat lightly and called his successor the morning after the vote, inviting him to occupy the presidential box at the match between FC Porto and Sporting.

Regarding this episode, the book reveals that Villas-Boas declined the invitation, especially since he had already stated that he would take his usual seat among the club members. Nevertheless, he proposed another solution: “He would meet Pinto da Costa in the presidential box, they would go down together to the pitch, and at the center of the field they would embrace. A symbol of peace and unity to turn the page on a bloody campaign. Without much explanation, the outgoing president refused.”

In Capitão de Abril – André Villas-Boas e a Revolução Inacabada it is also pointed out that, regarding the handover, the administrator Fernando Gomes “was reportedly the only FC Porto official who was helpful in the transition.”

With the then financial administrator, several meetings took place, and “Fernando Gomes regularly sat at the table with Pereira da Costa, who would inherit the financial portfolio of the SAD, and also with Villas-Boas. He even took the two future (and only) members of the executive committee to Banco Carregosa due to the urgency of issuing commercial paper.”

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