Jorge Sampaoli He did not need the 48 hours he requested to answer the proposal extended by the Santos of Brazil to be the replacement of the Portuguese Pedro Caixinha. This Tuesday, before the stipulated period, The Argentine refused to assume the position of DT of the ‘Peixe’ and thus the opportunity to lead a star like Neymarafter having coach another com Lionel Messiin the Argentine National Team.
While it is known that the Casildense is a very meticulous DT, it kept surprising the reasons that put the leadership of the Paulista team. First He asked his team to analyze the squad in detail. Then there was a virtual meeting of which the CEO was not part of Pedro Martinswho publicly clarified that he was not going to “deliver the keys of the club” to the next coach.
During this Tuesday, according to the journalist César Merlo, one of the most internalized in information about the football market, Sampaoli “understood that it was not the time to assume in office since he had few sessions to train for an important hube of matches”.
In this way, the possibility of a second chapter for the Casildense in the Peixe was truncated. I had already directed it in 2019 with a good campaign: 34 victories, 15 draws and 15 losses, being runner -up of the Brazilian.
Sampaoli’s decision also directly impacts the chance of directing another star like Neymar, who returned to Vila Belmiro in search of recovering his best version, after a step frustrated by Saudi Arabia, with many injuries included.
On behalf of Sampa, he emerged for President Marcelo Teixeira after negative Tite Y Dorival Júnior, Both with the past in the Brazilian team.
As published by the ‘Globo Esporte’ site, there is a part of the directive that understood that the Sampaoli package was very expensive, not only because of its already known investment demands in improving the squad but also because its profile is considered difficult to handle on a day -to -day basis.
Sampaoli, after his bad stage in Rennes (three wins and seven losses), settled in Rio de Janeiro: there he directed the Flamengo in 2023.