Porto President Villas-Boas delivered a speech at the "Portugal Football Summit", proposing the creation of the Iberian Super Cup and expressing support for the trend of hosting leagues overseas.

On the creation of the Iberian Super Cup

"We have considered other competition formats that exist in other sports, such as Super Cups or transnational leagues, and I think football is moving in this direction and these ideas have been well received. For example, we discussed the creation of the Iberian Super Cup, I have already communicated with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Portuguese clubs, Benfica, Sporting CP, etc.... This is a challenge in the internationalization process of Porto."

Boas also admitted that he had proposed this idea to the President of the Portuguese Football Association Pedro Proenza at the beginning of his term.

On moving the league overseas

"UEFA President Ceferin has said that he does not want this to happen. I don't know if the European Commission will allow more games to do this in the future. There have been discussions for some time about moving Milan vs. Como and Villarreal vs. Barcelona games overseas. If this becomes common, UEFA The league could be in trouble and the matter would definitely go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. "Still, it could be good for the Portuguese league. The reality for us is that there are only 2,000 or 3,000 spectators in Portugal, unless the big three (Porto, Benfica, Sporting CP) participate.

But if I If we think about the Portuguese community living in places like Paris or New York, we will probably see 30,000 or 40,000 Portuguese people attending a Portuguese Super League match. This is something we are interested in. I don't know if the European Commission will allow this to continue to happen. "

"I tend to support (hosting games overseas) because I think Villarreal, Barcelona, Milan and Como are doing this precisely to increase international exposure and get closer to their fans around the world. This type of competition is already happening in the form of the Italian or Spanish Super Cup. Once the precedent has been set, other parties now want to follow suit. This depends on the opinion of the European Commission. They should evaluate this type of initiative and see if we can make it happen. "