Villas-Boas clarifies Zubizarreta exit in FC Porto reshuffle | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas clarified Andoni Zubizarreta’s departure from FC Porto, framing the decision within an internal restructuring planned with the 2025/26 season in mind, following the work carried out in 2024/25.

The Porto president explained that the club chose to remove the intermediary role in defining its sporting policy, bringing the presidency and the coach into more direct involvement in professional football decisions. Under this reorganization, FC Porto will now operate with a more fluid structure, supported by the executive, legal, and financial departments.

Villas-Boas stressed that the change does not erase the respectful relationship with Zubizarreta, whose human and professional qualities he acknowledged, but emphasized that the board decided to follow a different path. The central idea behind the new organization is to shorten the decision-making chain and speed up processes in a sector considered strategic.

Zubizarreta’s departure thus comes as a direct consequence of this redefinition of the Porto football model. The aim of the SAD is to concentrate responsibilities and make coordination between leadership, the coaching staff, and the remaining support departments clearer.

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