The veteran Portuguese-Brazilian central defender Pepe41 years old, will not continue as a player of PortoAs announced this Monday by the club’s new president, André Villas-Boas.
“Regarding his continuity as a player of the Portothat’s not going to happen,” he said Villas-Boas in an interview with the Portuguese channel Now.
“We have explained to him the reasons why, unfortunately, it will not happen. However, we have the utmost respect for his career,” he added regarding Pepe the president of Porto.
Even, Villas-Boas He added that the future of Pepewhose contract ends this month, “is close” related to Portowhether “only emotionally or even from a professional point of view.”
Pepe he is active in Porto between 2004 and 2007 before signing for real Madridand returned in 2019, becoming the captain and main part of the ‘dragoes’.
In his nine seasons with the Porto, the defender has won four League titles and five Portuguese Cups, among many other trophies. The former Real Madrid player is currently in Germany playing his fifth European Championship with the Portuguese team. The debut, this Tuesday against Czech Republic.
Contract renewal Pepe This is a pending topic for the new directive of Portothat the sports director is Andoni Zubizarretaand described as “complex” by the team’s next coach, Victor Bruno.
Villas-Boas He has been in the position since May after winning the club election against the former president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costawhich indicated before that vote that the continuation of Pepe and the technician Sergio Conceicao Guaranteed if he wins.
Source: La Verdad
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