Porto Chief Drops Transfer Bombshell in the latest FIFA Club World Cup humiliation

The World Cup Club is underway, but the low crowds humiliate FIFA, where the tournament is now also blaming of Porto’s failure to sign players in this summer’s transfer window

Porto-president Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that potential goals have rejected the steps to the Portuguese giants this summer because of their participation in the Club’s World Cup.

Villas-Boas was previously manager of Chelsea and Tottenham before he became a porto president in 2024. In that role, he supervises all activities in the club, which finished third in the Primeira Liga last season.

They still succeeded in qualifying for this summer’s club World Cup, which started on 14 June and is being held in the United States. Porto was signed in group A, alongside Al Ahly, Inter Miami and Palmeiras.

Their first match was against the Brazilian side in the Metlife Stadium, ending in a scoreless draw. The Portuguese side made two signing sessions for the tournament and brought in Gabriela Veiga from Al-Ahli and Nehuén Pérez from Udinese.

But Villas-Boas has now revealed that his side was left frustrated by the amount of things they could do. And he focused his finger on a lack of appetite for the club World Cup as the main reason why players were reluctant to participate.

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“We recently tested the market, during the special transfer window from 1 to 10 June for clubs that participated in the Club World Cup. It was incredible to see that many football players did not want to participate in the competition,” Villas-Boas de Men in Blazers Podcast said.

He added that players “prefer to rest to go a good start for the new season”. He insisted that this is’ a good thing ‘, with the World Players’ Union (FIFPRO) “that evokes more peace for players.”

“There are some European clubs that had to give their players a holiday and then brought them back very early without giving them the time to recover. For us it is as if we will continue from last season,” Villas-Boas said.

“And whatever happens after this tournament, the new season arrives, so they have never needed the reset they (earlier) need a new season. A few clubs that compete probably have a competitive advantage. Especially the Brazilian and Argentine clubs, because they are in the middle of the season.”

It is the newest humiliation to hit FIFA during their highly halved club World Cup renewal. They have turned the tournament into a quadrenniel event, with 32 teams from all over the world with.

But the event has seen a number of shockingly low -attendees, with the stadium for the victory of Chelsea over Los Angeles FC less than a third. Only 11,974 emerged for the victory of River Plate over Urawa Red Diamonds in a stadium with a capacity of 68,740.

However, the real low point appeared on Tuesday evening when only 3,412 people showed up to see the South Korean side Ulsan HD losing from South African team Mamelodi Sundowns.

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