Villas-Boas on rival presidents: “I won’t accept attacks on FC Porto” | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas once again stressed the need to improve the institutional climate in Portuguese football, while making it clear that he will not accept attacks on FC Porto.

The president of the dragons said he has been trying to bring together the so-called big clubs in domestic football, but stressed that this effort is undermined whenever insults are aimed at the club. “I have done nothing but try to bring the big clubs in Portuguese football closer together. From the moment they try to tread on FC Porto’s toes, there is no way the clubs can get along with each other. I broke that rule when a certain president started attacking FC Porto without any basis,” he said.

These remarks come at a time of recent tension between club officials, after Villas-Boas had already argued for greater responsibility in the way clubs speak about one another. The blue-and-white leader even said that Portuguese football cannot go back to episodes of verbal confrontation between presidents, calling for restraint and institutional respect.

At the same time, Villas-Boas criticised the atmosphere surrounding the Liga’s latest General Assembly, where he described proposals put forward by Sporting as a “dodgy attempt at being clever that backfired.”

The FC Porto president’s stance reinforces the idea that, for the dragons, openness to dialogue between rivals depends on one essential principle: respect for the club and its officials.

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