Flamengo’s president met with the coach in Portugal and looks forward to announcing his hiring today.
Flamengo intend to officially announce the hiring of Paulo Sousa as their new coach this Wednesday, the day when the leaders of the Polish federation will gather to analyze the situation with the Portuguese coach, whose request for dismissal by mutual agreement was rejected.
Flamengo President Rodolfo Landim traveled to Portugal and met with Paulo Sousa, as well as Marcos Braz and Bruno Spindel, deputies and director of the Rio de Janeiro club, respectively, who were already in the national territory. In Porto, where the meeting was held, participants in the rubro-negra and Portuguese management summit discussed a sports project for 2022, which is tentatively scheduled to start on 10 January. Conversations will continue until tomorrow, will be interrupted later due to the end of the year, and will resume shortly thereafter. This contract will be valid for two years and has already been duly signed.
In terms of planning, one of Fla’s main assets is located in England. Gabigol, who scored 34 goals in 2021, is in the spotlight at Newcastle, which has already launched a loan offer from the former Benfica player. This will be the dossier that Paulo Sousa, Renato Gaucho’s successor, and the structure of the club will have to fix. Upon recruitment, the Portuguese coach will have to lead Flamengo to the national title that Atletico Mineiro won this year and fight for the Copa Libertadores hosted by Palmeiras, which Mengao won in 2019 thanks to Jorge Jesus. Otherwise, his departure from Benfica (see pp. 2-3) did not deviate Landim from his obligations to Paulo Sousa.
In litigation with the Polish federation, the 51-year-old coach, whose relationship will end only in March, if he fails to qualify for the World Cup in the playoffs, will have to pay the Polish federation € 300,000 in compensation. number in the Brazilian press.
Lawyer and Navalka from Poland
Still shocked by Paulo Sousa’s decision and over time to think about the Portuguese continuity in the selection, as federal leader Cesari Kulesha said, Dick Advocaat’s name was nominated for the remainder of the seat. The seasoned Dutch coach will only want to lead Poland in the World Cup playoffs and possibly join Adam Navalka. Selector between 2014 and 2018 appears to gain a greater consensus among federal leaders in Poland.
