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Pinto da Costa was at campaign actions in Barcelos and Vizela this Monday, where he commented on the telephone calls that FC Porto members received during the day, in which a recording with the voice of André Villas-Boas asks to vote for the candidate from list B. “I was already aware of that. They naturally have data that they cannot have. Even members of my list receive this call, but I will not comment on it because a lawyer specializing in privacy rights is already studying the matter. According to what he told me, this is very serious”, stated the Porto president and List A candidate.
At the beginning of the last week before the elections, Pinto da Costa highlighted the sense of responsibility with which he faces this challenge. “I’m not optimistic, nor am I not. The partners will choose, I have my project, my academy, I have a project to improve my football team, all the structures, the others have another project. My project doesn’t fit Zubizarretas, men who have been unemployed for four years, who were fired from Barcelona,” he said, highlighting the visit to the academy’s works in Maia, scheduled for this Tuesday.
“You will be able to verify that it was no utopia, that it was a dream that was achievable as it is now, that it was not a stream of lies. Everything I said is true. Tomorrow [esta terça-feira] they will be able to see the space, the works, the models. I hope that later the List B candidate will also take you to see the land he has in Gaia. But I ask you one thing, only go one at a time because you have nowhere to pass, nor anywhere to park your car”, he joked.
Regarding Villas-Boas’ criticism of João Koehler and FC Porto’s alleged dependence on the Quadrantis fund, the director was harsh. “I am not a hostage to anyone, nor to any fund. In fact, he seems to have a phobia against funds, but the request that was presented to the Department of Gaia [para a construção do Centro de Alto Rendimento] it is also a fund that is behind it. It seems that he has an obsession with João Koehler, a person who helped us during this mandate, with contracts seen and reviewed by the auditors, by the Supervisory Board”, said Pinto da Costa.
“From the moment he was invited by List B and didn’t accept, and the moment he agreed to give me the honor of being my vice president, he became a black sheep. We will not admit that they are doing what they are doing, with a stream of lies, and at the appropriate moment they will be called to account”, he added, even denying that he was “betrayed” by Adelino Caldeira: “The proof that I have confidence in him is that the My personal matters and those of FC Porto continue to be handled by his office.
