‘Football Talks’ has already started with changes in football on the table – Futebol Nacional

Football Talks has already started, a forum for reflection on football and which brings together, in the City of Football, many names known to fans. At the opening session Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, João Paulo Correia, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport, and Fernando Gomes took the floor, with the president of the FPF pointing to the future of football in Portugal. The manager essentially referred to the FPF’s 2030 plan, pointing out wishes for improvement in the field of technology, women’s football and in various structural areas. Objectives that “can only be achieved with the help of all stakeholders”, he underlined. Also during the morning, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG, participated in the panel entitled “the future of football”. In the two days, 19 thematic panels will be held plus five individual communications, in a total of about a hundred participants (amongst speakers and moderators). Today, in the early afternoon, the panel on Technology/Business/Geography of Amateur Competitions will be discussed ‘How Technology will Improve the Game’, a session that will have as moderator Sérgio Krithinas, deputy director of Record. Tomorrow, the last lecture will be given by Jürgen Klopp and is dedicated to Portuguese Football, which the Liverpool coach follows. The conclusions of the Football Talks will be in charge of José Couceiro, vice-president of the FPF, and Ana Catarina Mendes, Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, will make the closing session, at 18:00. Yesterday, football started to be discussed with Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton) and Dolores Silva (Sp. Braga) answering questions from young Portuguese internationals.