Pinto da Costa’s grandson: Not invited for Dragão de Honra award | OneFootball

The Dragon of Honor awarded yesterday, posthumously, to Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa sparked strong family opposition. His grandson continued this Tuesday with criticism of the club’s current management, stating that the ancestor’s wishes were not respected.

In a video posted on Instagram, and once again referring to the book ‘Azul até ao fim’ (Blue Until the End), Nuno Pinto da Costa explained the reasons behind his message:

“I am making this video just to clarify some of the misinformation that has been circulating, as is unfortunately common these days, regarding the Dragões de Ouro, and in particular the Dragon of Honor that my grandfather Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa received last night, to let you know that no, I was not invited to the Dragões de Ouro gala, nor was I invited to receive the Dragon of Honor on behalf of my grandfather. For those who have read his last book, ‘Azul até ao fim’, you know that he made it explicitly clear that he did not want any of his family or friends to receive any kind of award or decoration after his death, because he believed, and rightly so in my opinion, that he should be well treated in life and not after he died. He also makes it clear that the only award he would like to receive after his death, which was precisely a Dragão de Ouro, he insisted that it should be his grandson Nuno, that is, me, to receive it,” explained the grandson of the late former Porto leader.

He then reaffirmed that neither he nor other family members were invited to the ceremony:

“Again, just to make it clear that I was not invited to receive it, nor was his wife invited, nor was his daughter invited. I am sure they wouldn’t do this to anyone else. It was done to us, and I just regret that, once again, a wish of the president is not fulfilled. But I understand, especially because yesterday’s tribute was not to fulfill the president’s wish, it was just, once again, used as a political tool to please the masses, to look good in the photo, regardless of what his wishes were.”

Nuno Pinto da Costa assured that the current board was aware of his grandfather’s wishes and accused them of intentionally hurting those closest to him:

“Let me also say that, obviously, the average fan is not obliged to know, nor to have bought the book, nor to know what his wishes were or weren’t, but I can guarantee you that the current management knew about this wish he had. The intention is also to hurt and wound, because we are not naïve, nor have we just arrived here, those who were close to him, and especially me.”

Finally, he criticized the presence and attitude of former club members, pointing out the hypocrisy of certain tributes, with a direct reference to Maniche:

“It’s just another one of those attitudes, from those who treated him badly during his life, but now come with tributes. I’ve talked about this before, I’m tired of talking about this subject, I’m just surprised that it wasn’t Maniche, who spoke so badly of my grandfather and who was present yesterday because he was invited to the gala, I’m surprised it wasn’t Maniche who handed over this Dragon of Honor. Since we’re at the height of hypocrisy, it would have just been one more.”

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