League president available to « listen » to Benfica

The president of the Football League made available on Tuesday to take the moderating role and « listen » Benfica. Reinaldo Teixeira’s goal is “in disagreements, finding consensus points” in order to solve the difference in recent days.

Commenting on the position made public on Monday by the club of Luz about the events of the Portuguese Cup final, played on Sunday, the president of the League offered to « listen » and contribute to the resolution of the problem, « without controversies ».

« To me and my team it is up to us with dialogue, understanding, finding in disagreement points of consensus. As I thought since I took over just over a month, I always said that I wanted to be president of all sports societies, which have different positions, » said the leader.

“It is up to us and try to improve the way to get a set and, without controversy, avoiding them, understanding each other’s positions, naturally understanding what each one defends,” he added on the sidelines of the 3rd Ball White Conference in Lisbon.

According to Lusa agency, the head of the body that generates professional football in Portugal was confident in a positive resolution for the theme: « In what they always spoke to me in particular, in the League, I have always heard a constructive language. »

Reinaldo Teixeira does not consider that Benfica’s position reads or calls into question any plan of understanding, such as the centralization of television rights of the I Liga.

Reinaldo Teixeira’s reaction followed a public position on Monday by Benfica, in which the incarnates advanced with disciplinary appearances and threatened to close the Luz stadium to the national team games, as well as to suspend their participation in the process associated with the centralization of audiovisual rights of professional soccer competitions.