Sergio Conceicao continues to despair of the arrival of a new central defender. Four days before the market closes, the desired strengthening of the center back is slow to arrive, contrary to the coach’s express wishes.
Conceição no longer had David Carmo and eventually gave his consent to the Portuguese footballer’s departure to Olympiacos (it was officially presented this Friday). This is despite SAD warning they will not allow players to leave without naming a suitable replacement.
For what CM As it turns out, the manager has resigned himself to not arresting the 24-year-old as he has no plans to release him from the B team he was promoted to before Christmas. In other words, according to the coach, nothing has changed, since he still only has three central defenders at his disposal: Pepe, Fabio Cardoso and Ze Pedro.
Last month, several central defenders were on Porto’s radar, but SAD did not sign any of them. These are the cases of Brassier (Brest), Gabriel Pereira (Gil Vicente), Soyunsu (Atl Madrid), Yerry Mina (Fiorentina), Manolas (free player) or Otavio Ataide (Famalican). Young Rafael Venancio (17 years old, Corinthians) is the last name on this list.
Pinto da Costa will take the lead on February 4th.
Pinto da Costa will officially announce his candidacy for the presidency of FC Porto on February 4 at the Coliseu do Porto stadium. The announcement appeared yesterday on the campaign website: Todos Pelo Porto is a renovation project that will change the competitiveness of the club with a modern management team. […] You play a fundamental role in this reconstruction, which we call Porto-Novo, a project of all of us, led by Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa.”
