Quaresma: “When Jorge Mendes told me it was FC Porto, I told him I wanted Sporting” – FC Porto

He remembers the moment Jorge Mendes told him about the possibility of leaving Barcelona for Porto

Ricardo Quaresma was the second guest on Canal Porto’s “Hora dos Craques”. In an interview recorded last summer and shown on Friday night, the former Porto player recalled the moment he left Barcelona for Dragão, in 2004/05, and also spoke of the respect he has for Bento da Costa.

George [Mendes, empresário] He said he would put me in a big club, but he never said which club it was. When he told me it was FC Porto, I told him I wanted to go to Sporting. Then there was an opportunity to switch with Deco, so he moved to Barcelona, ​​\u200b\u200band me to FC Porto. But, to be honest, I wasn’t very happy, because I didn’t know the club, ”he began to say Quaresma, later recalling the first words he exchanged with Pinto da Costa.

“He’s a boss like no other. The first time I sat with him, he just told me my blood was blue and white. He’s the only boss where, when I sense his presence, I feel so strange, I seem to run out of strength and reaction. He doesn’t even need to speak.” I was speechless.And George [Mendes] He asked me if we were going to FC Porto and I shook my head saying yes,” he continued.

After that, it didn’t take long for Quaresma to charm FC Porto. “I wasn’t at Benfica and I don’t want to be, but I was at Sporting and it’s completely different from FC Porto. The city, the mentality and the genetics of this club…”, concluded Harry Potter.

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