Jose Gomis Mendes, On Wednesday, he submitted a candidate for the presidency of the Portuguese Professional Football Association (LPFP), on Wednesday, the Authority’s project, to defend “efficiency” and reject divisions between clubs in the north and south of the country.
“This speech has no convenience. These times cannot return to the league. We are here for the sake of efficiency and Portuguese football. The north and the south do not care and do not legitimize this type of unjust conversation. We are here to look at the future.”
The topic arose after the FC Porto heads, André Villas-Poas, and SP. Braga, Antonio SalvadorAt the ceremony, I noticed the absence of Benfica and Sporting actors, who were at the other candidate’s offer, Reynaldo Texira.
Jose Gomez Mendes, 63, a civil training engineer, with activity in the academic world who played the roles of the Foreign Minister in the first two governments led by Antonio Costa, preferred to emphasize the project ideas, on the pretext that the personal experience and the team that were collected are the factors that determine the progress of LPFP.
“I consider myself the right man because I have the right team. We have identified the decisive aspects of the development of the league in the near future, with the issue of central rights and its relationship with the commercial, organizational and sports issue, and putting the game in the decision center.”
The candidate, from He still holds the position of President of the General Assembly LPFPShe stressed the importance of institutional negotiations to ensure the growth of Portuguese football.
He said: “There is a set of business schedules that were well identified through negotiation, whether with the Portuguese Football Association or with the governance of the country, to find more balanced conditions so that football can develop internationally.”
“I did not extend” the term election
On the date of the audit, scheduled for April 11, and that Cash due to the other candidateJose Gomez Mendes explained that the decision was taken after hearing clubs.
“In fact, I did not make any final dates. This is all public. This happened in a general meeting where everyone (clubs).
At this ceremony, along with FC Porto and SP. Braga, according to the source of the nomination of Jose Gomis Mendes, Pavista, Vallealico, Rio Avi, Tondella, Paisos de Ferrera, Benaville, Torins, AC. Vizio, Union of Lira and Vizella.
“If I told my opponent’s support that he has with whom I have, we will have four championships. At this stage, we have sports societies to hear them, then make a decision. I have conducted a dialogue with all clubs and I think I have the best project and the best team,”
Jose Gomez Mendes highlighted the relationship of proximity with Pedro Proença, former president of LPFP and the leader of the Portuguese Football Association nowConsider this fruitful relationship for your work.
“There is a close dialogue, we have the alignment of ideas, and this is not a secret. I think it is an element of facilitating what comes after that. There is a strong strategic plan that has been approved in the league, but it now needs a motive, because the challenges we face are somewhat different.”
Jose Gomez Mendes was elected as a project interviewer of “sports competitiveness, financial sustainability, institutional, promotional and social influence”, on the importance of topics such as the centralization of visual audio rights or the international professional football internationalization.
The LPFP presidential elections, which aims at the 2025-2027 mandate, are scheduled to be held on April 11, and until now José Gomees Mendes and RealDo Texeira have been nominated.
