Pedro Proença announces candidacy for a farewell mandate in the League

This Thursday, the leader presented his candidacy in Porto and should not have opposition in the electoral act that is scheduled for June 1.

The current president has the support of all the clubs to fulfill a third mandate that guarantees he will be the last one in the leadership of the organization

“This will be my last term as president of the League. In this quadrennium, one of our main objectives will be to reformulate the statutes and include in them the issue of limiting terms. Because no power, however scrutinized, successful or praised that is, it should be eternalized”, he shared.

The manager guaranteed, even so, that he has the unanimous support of all clubs in professional football competitions, considering that this gives him “more responsibility”.

“It happens for the first time in the history of professional Portuguese football. It is something that, I cannot hide, fills me with pride, but with enormous responsibility, with no room for vanity or arrogance”, said the manager, at the presentation of the project, in Porto.

Despite the submission of candidacies only ending this Friday, it is practically certain that Pedro Proença will be the only candidate for the suffrage that takes place on June 1, with the current president having chosen seven priorities for his new term.

“The fan as the central axis of the sports show, the enhancement and training of sports agents and competitions, the LPFP as a central element in the growth of professional football in Portugal, the internationalization of the Liga Portugal brand, the centralization of audiovisual rights and the reduction of context costs of professional football”, he enumerated.

The leader and candidate said it was “legitimate and vital to aspire to recover the sixth place in the UEFA ranking for the sake of the sustainability of Portuguese football” and addressed the great challenge of centralizing audiovisual rights, which will advance in his last term.

Pedro Proença also defended “more attractive ticket prices, with a fundamental reduction in VAT”, a “fight to eradicate all violent behavior in sports venues” and the insistence on “a fairer and more competitive tax framework”.