Bruno de Carvalho visits Vila Real de Santo António Sporting Supporters' Club for celebration dinner

"We have to remember what has happened. Nobody has ever seen the club so united and you could see that at the recent congress in Viseu. I have led my team though this and we all have hope in an even stronger club now", said the Alvalade chief, going on to reflect on questions ranged by fellow presidential candidate, Pedro Madeira Rodrigues: "It is not true the the financial restructuring had already been done when we arrived. All of our sports teams were about to disappear, except futsal which was going to be part of SAD. It is a complete lie that Sporting CP is not robust and financially healthy. The restructuring has took us back up a level that we should never have left. We agreed the biggest television contract and we are in the top-5 in terms of number of members. When I arrived we had 35 sports and now we have 50. We are fulfilling the dream of having the Sporting City with the João Rocha Arena, which would not have been possible without the financial restructuring."