After a hectic week, with European interests in the cast and radical change in football, Athletico arrives on Sunday with a big question: who will be the new coach? Inside and outside the club, opinions split, several names come up and for now, no one has been officially sought by Hurricane. With CEO Alexandre Mattos in Barcelona and President Mário Celso Petraglia away to recover from health problemsToday the only authority in the department is director Márcio Lara.
But the three of them are talking. How the Final whistle published on Friday (16), Fire Paulo Turra after the departure of Luiz Felipe Scolari passed through Mário Celso Petraglia - the movement, expected by the history of the Athletico, would not happen without at least the approval of the president. Alexander Mattos was taken by surprise with Felipão's farewell. Inside Hurricane, the most commonly used term is ‘treason’.
Mattos is in Spain to talk to the Barcelona on the situation of Vitor Roque. He also accompanied the friendly Brazilian team against Guinea, but the focus was on talks with Barça, met with former player and today director Deco and André Cury, representative of Athletico's shirt 9. The Catalan offer is still far from what Hurricane wants, but negotiations persist..
Athletic in octopus
But for obvious reasons, the focus now is to find a coach for the sequence of Brasileirão, the Copa do Brasil and Liberadores. Athletico is scanning the environment and seeing the repercussions of the various names among the fans. Not that this is a fundamental factor, but the agitation of social networks is monitored internally. The names most spoken by fans are Cuca and Tiago Nunes. According to the journalist Nadja Mauad from the PRCCuca would have been discarded. And James, despite being a multi-champion, had a troubled exit from Hurricane.
Other names in the ball market, such as Fernando Gago, Rogério Ceni and even Tite were spoken in the last days, but nothing came from inside the Athletico. The trend is that the club remains in hearts until the official announcement, which should be between Monday (19) and Tuesday (20). For the match against the Sao Paulo, fourth (21), by Brasileirão, Wesley Carvalho will be running the team temporarily. The new coach should debut on Saturday (24), against the Corinthians, in the Arena da Baixada.
