Varandas' stance angers Sporting rivals: comments can't go unpunished | OneFootball

Sporting's rival even revealed that he directly contacted Pedro Proença, expressing concern over Varandas' words.

André Villas Boas targeted Frederico Varandas, the top official of Sporting, and Pedro Proença, president of the Portuguese Football Federation. Upon arriving at the Portugal Football Globes, the leader of the dragons responded to the statements of the leonine rival about a meeting with the Federation leader.

“The most serious thing is that there was a meeting between the President of Sporting and the Federation, to map out the club affiliations of the Federation's social bodies. These are serious statements. I just conveyed to him that I think they should not go unpunished,” he began by stating.

The official even revealed that he directly contacted Pedro Proença, expressing concern over the stance of the top Sporting official: “After statements on this topic, I wrote a message to the Federation president, because if his motto is to unite football, such statements cannot go unpunished,” he emphasized.

Villas-Boas further stressed that, if the meeting mentioned by Varandas really took place, clubs have the right to be informed and to demand transparency: “Because there cannot be a mapping of the FPF's social bodies without all clubs being informed of it. Or it should be public and not between two people. I find the statements serious. If that meeting happened, if that mapping happened, we all have the right to know who these people are,” stated the Porto president.

The top leader of Porto made a direct appeal to Pedro Proença, asking him to exercise his leadership role and to end the controversy with clarity and firmness. “If he wants to unite, he must step forward and, once and for all, reaffirm his authority,” he concluded.

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