Menezes backs FC Porto’s CAR in Gaia: “Right and smart move” | OneFootball

The future FC Porto High Performance Center, planned to be built next to the current Jorge Costa Training and Sports Development Center in Olival, is, for Luís Filipe Menezes, a “correct and intelligent” decision. According to the mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, it is a project that will bring benefits to the municipality, especially to the inland areas, thanks to the visibility provided by the club.

“The inland part of the municipality of Gaia has difficulty retaining people and attracting investment, so anything that helps shine a spotlight on investment in Gaia, wherever it may be, is important. In the inland part of the municipality even more so. FC Porto is a brand that is tied to the very reality of the Porto brand itself. There is no Porto brand without Port wine, but there is also no Porto brand without FC Porto, so, given the importance it has in the regional, national, European and global sporting landscape, this brand is for us yet another help in spreading interest so that people feel drawn to live more in Gaia, invest more in Gaia and invest more in the inland part of the municipality,” said Luís Filipe Menezes in remarks to FC Porto’s media, before continuing his praise.

“As mayor of Gaia City Council, I have a long history of cooperation with FC Porto, which has taken shape in several areas, through collaboration on the Jorge Costa CTFD and the Pedroso Sports Complex. This is an initiative that is the sole responsibility of FC Porto, and I have already praised the chairman for the clarity of vision he showed. I think it would be sheer foolishness to split FC Porto’s structural assets into scattered pieces across points far removed from one another. I think it was a correct and intelligent act, and one from which Gaia benefits greatly, so I am very happy. This institutional cooperation, based on respect, will always continue, at least for as long as I am mayor,” he stressed.

Luís Filipe Menezes is therefore once again associated with an FC Porto project, something he takes on with great pride. “I love inauguration plaques with the chairman’s name on them. I already had the pleasure of attending the opening of the first Training Center, and now I will be at the opening of the second. I was also at the opening of El Corte Inglés, and now I will be at the 25th anniversary celebration. In 25 years, I won’t promise to be at the opening of FC Porto’s third Training Center, but the chairman, who is younger, certainly will be,” he concluded.

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