This article was published hours before the proposal was confirmed: On 16/06/2023, Felipon accepted Rooster's proposal and became the team's new coach. Click here for more information.
The Atlético-MG follows in search of confirming the replacement of Eduardo Coudet. While conversations with Portuguese Bruno Lage do not go on, other names begin to emerge to take office. In the last few hours, Luiz Felipe Scolari was commented as a possibility, but there is nothing concrete, at this moment, according to the ge.
Three people close to Luiz Felipe Scolari were consulted, who denied any contact or movement at this time, so that Felipão would become Galo's coach.
Last year, he announced that he would stop running clubs and assume the position of Technical Director of Athletico-PR, a post he is currently occupying. Unofficially, the direction of Athletico-PR also denies the possibility of Scolari leaving the club.
This week, in an interview, Felipão said he does not think about taking over a club in Brazil. However, it did not rule out the possibility of transferring to the Middle East, for example.
I always said I won't coach in Brazil anymore. Saudi Arabia is paying very well. I don't know, I'll think about it.
Felipon
At the end of May, Felipon revealed that he received a proposal to return to coach. He admitted that the offer was very good financially, but decided to stay in Hurricane. The treatative was with a selection from the Middle East, but without revealing which. The information was initially given by Estadão.
Felipon appears in the panorama amid the moment the Rooster sees Bruno Lage get further away from a deal. Rooster didn't throw in the towel, but he already opens his eyes to other coach names on the international and national markets.
Behind the scenes, the information is that Atlético intends to have a definitive position of Lage until this Friday. The coach is in Portugal, studying the next step in his career, in which the last club was Wolverhampton, England.
There was an initial optimism of the dome of Atlético under the name Bruno Lage. The opportunity for negotiation came after he was suggested by businessman Will Dantas, agent of the half-attack Pedrinho, who met the coach when the player was sold from Corinthians ed Benfica, 2019.
Bruno Lage was champion of the Portuguese League with the Incarnates, a club in which he ascended to the position of coach of the main team after long work in the base categories. In June 2021, he hit Wolves in the Premiere League. After 16 months of work, he was fired in October 2022, when the team had played eight rounds of the championship, and was in the relegation zone.
