{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_q3z3stv6bo2g5csdy3lq","title":"Criminal or saviour? Rui Pinto abandoned by Portuguese authorities after Manchester City leaks","title_en":null,"outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/criminal-or-saviour-rui-pinto-abandoned-by-portuguese-authorities-after-q3z3stv6bo","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_ogtcd2lflmpmvimkcuaa","seq":1646699,"kind":"article","title":"Who is Rui Pinto? 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