Villas-Boas: We want to extend Mateus Mide’s deal and back his growth | OneFootball

“The best under-17 player in the world” was honored by the Gaia City Council and André Villas-Boas described it as “a great pride to train young athletes” the journey of Mateus Mide, elected MVP of the World Cup that Portugal won in Qatar. Wishing to see the 17-year-old forward debut “in the FC Porto senior team,” the Club president wished him “a beautiful career in professional football,” guided by the “principles and values that are instilled” in the blue and white training.

At the Vila Nova de Gaia City Hall, the FC Porto official took the opportunity to “thank the role of the Gaia municipality in the development of young” FC Porto athletes and to “ensure that this is a fundamental role for the future of the Club,” highlighting that the Club will “have a new High-Performance Center that will allow us to grow and continue to train athletes for the future.”

To the MVP of the Under-17 World Cup

“First of all, I would like to thank you for the invitation to be present at this beautiful tribute to Mateus Mide, the best under-17 player in the world and also European Champion of the category, along with his colleagues from FC Porto and the national team. For us, it is a great pride to train young athletes, not only in the quality you demonstrate, I hope, as a professional in the FC Porto senior team, but also as the person you represent, as the young man you are, with principles and values that are instilled in you at FC Porto, with the help of your parents and also my dear friend Jorge Mendes. All of this forms the fundamental bases of what you can become as a man and as a player.”

CAR and CTFD Jorge Costa“The Futebol Clube do Porto plays a fundamental role in the training of young people, in sports, social, and cultural training. It is a Club that serves its members, but also serves society, not only in football but also in different sports, and this is something we do with a lot of support from the municipalities. Gaia has helped us a lot in the development of the future High-Performance Center of FC Porto and has also done a lot for us, just remember that President Luís Filipe Menezes inaugurated our Olival Training Center, recently renamed Jorge Costa Training and Sports Development Center, in honor of our great athlete, great leader, and captain of FC Porto.”

Porto and Gaia“I want to thank the role of the Gaia municipality in the development of our young people and ensure that this is a fundamental role for the future of FC Porto, to have a new High-Performance Center that allows us to grow and continue to train young athletes for the future, enhancing Portugal's role in world sports and football in particular. Thank you very much to everyone, congratulations Mateus, it is undoubtedly a great recognition of what you have already done and may it be a continuation of your beautiful career in professional football and, I hope, at FC Porto.”

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