The wiretaps related to the influencer operation included, in addition to political conversations, conversations that extended to football and indicated an alleged mingling between FC Porto and the police.
According to CNN PortugueseIn November 2021, the then Minister of the Environment, João Pedro Matos Fernández, contacted his father, the former chairman of the Blue and White Club's board of directors, regarding… News just came out about SAD searches.
José Manuel Matos Fernández, the father of the former minister, told him that he not only saw the news, but he himself reported it to the then president of FC Porto Pinto da Costa and Adelino Caldera at SAD two days ago when he was in Dragao watching the match between the Firenze team in the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup.
He pointed out that the date of the searches was agreed upon with the Porto club so that it did not coincide with the day of the match with Liverpool in the Champions League on November 24. “They even asked for it to be today so that it would not be on the day of the match; “The police said it was Monday or Friday.”
FC Porto SAD has been the target of searches for crimes of abuse of trust, tax fraud and money laundering in some transfers promoted by the club.
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