Throughout his life, sarcasm has always been one of Pinto da Costa's most famous weapons, known for his turbulent style and never sparing his enemies, which he added to the world of football with good skill. However, his relationship with FC Porto, as a key figure in the club, prevented him from moving forward on some issues, where there was a lot at stake. But now that is no longer the case.

Giving up his duties as president gave the former sporting director greater lightness, in addition to the delicate stage he is going through with his suffering from metastatic prostate cancer, which made Pinto da Costa feel obliged to tell some truths, secrets and news. Controversies that he kept religiously for 42 years with the Dragons.

“It won't be the first book he writes. Bento da CostaBut the second. It is a book that is practically finished, but due to the health conditions he is going through and this proximity to the end, he decided to add another chapter.Claudia Jacques North said to make clear that the 86-year-old former Porto leader is writing a book of memories in which no one will be safe.

It will be a “reckoning” and, at the same time, the opening of a treasure trove of memories, which are expected to cover some of the most controversial episodes of his life. FC Porto will, of course, be one of the main subjects, but the former leader of the blue and whites is also expected to put his finger on the wound, talking about some of his most controversial relationships. In fact, the private life of the former president contains so many stories that this part alone could form a well-filled book. Who among us does not remember the famous relationship with Carolina Salgado, which began under the dim light of the alternative “Calor da Noite” tape? It was one of the most memorable moments in the life of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, but it is not the only one from a man who married five times (two of them to the same woman, Filomena Moraes) and always lived intensely in love, often not obeying traditions or what was expected of him.

Do you have any questions? We invite you to do some memory exercises. Either he is a student of northern life or we doubt that he can remember all the feelings of the “president”. NDo names like Silvia Costa or Lisa Silva still tell you anything? Maybe not, but at some point they were like the first ladies of the dragon, in the so-called hot seat that, for a few years, didn't create cobwebs.

It is unlikely that all of these women will be remembered in a book, but there will certainly be messages to those who remained in the “Goto”, as will be the case with the Brazilian Fernanda Miranda, and of course a compliment to the women in his life (starting with his mother), passing through his first wife, Manuela Carmona, passing through his last wife, Claudia Campo, who stands by him in his most difficult days, and through, for example, the journalist Maria Elisa, who was his past friend, with whom he always maintained an unshakable friendship.

The President's Big Sorrows

Pinto da Costa’s life is not without disappointments and heartaches. Among the greatest pains is the fact that I lost one of my greatest friends, my confidant of all times, “brother,” Reinaldo Teles, during the pandemic. It was one of the hardest blows that the then president had ever received, who suddenly remembered several things: his people were falling away little by little, those who had been the pawns of his solid rule were leaving the scene, and Reinaldo’s departure also had its own consequences. limitations.

During the funeral, Pinto da Costa collapsed: he felt unwell and had to be helped shortly before the cortege left. Since then, he has certainly entered a lower phase, where some friendships were tested – and did not pass the test – he felt for the first time the taste of the “white handkerchiefs”, and suffered from a new family. It was a shock when he broke off his relationship with his son again and, little by little, he sank into a new fragility that only those closest to him could see.

From the outside, he remained the same, never appearing weak, which is not in his nature, but when he was removed from his duties in the last election, his world was violently shaken. Of all the evils in the world, this was perhaps his greatest fear. The loss of FC Porto had brought confusion to his life, and some say that the disease was simply the appearance of signs of that deep sadness on the body, the lowering of the arms that appeared at the smallest things.

Pinto da Costa had already been diagnosed with prostate cancer for some time, but the most difficult news has arrived in the last few months. With the disease progressing, it is time for Pinto da Costa to live his life with a new separation: to love the women who never abandoned him, to pamper his grandchildren, to listen to fado, to read, to watch FC Porto matches, but also to get it right some accounts. There are those who are already trembling, and there are reasons for that, because in the new book no one will be completely safe.