Unasked, loser Diogo Manteigas tells Villas-Boas: “Pay Benfica what's due” | OneFootball

Lawyer João Diogo Manteigas revived an idea he had already put forward last year in response to André Villas-Boas, who on Saturday launched harsh criticism at Benfica over the email case. “I already said it on July 14, 2025: ‘Apprentice André’ should quickly pay what he owes Benfica,” wrote the candidate for the Eagles’ presidency in last year’s elections on Instagram.

Going back to that date, Manteigas had said: “In the email case, just to remind the people of Porto, Benfica was not convicted either judicially or in sporting terms, and those who were convicted were FC Porto, the communications director [Francisco J. Marques], and Porto Canal’s content director [Diogo Faria]. The amount on the table right now is 770 thousand euros, which honestly, as a lawyer and someone with some experience in the field, I even think is too little for what was done with Benfica’s emails.”

In a conversation with supporters, the then-candidate added: “And if I become Benfica president in October, I hope they pay it in one lump sum, because if not, Benfica’s lawyers will enforce it immediately. André Villas-Boas would do well to already set aside room in the budget for that purpose,” he noted in a conversation with supporters, which he has been promoting weekly.

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