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Do you believe Filipe Luís can become Brazil’s great figure in Europe? An example to follow? “He can... He can. Now, going a little deeper into your question, Filipe is more the result of himself — his study, his interest, and also his whole career in Europe, always very engaged — than he is a standard-bearer, a flag for Brazilian coaches. I don’t think things can be framed like that. To say, ‘now we have Filipe here, who will be successful because the Brazilian coaching school is successful again.’ I think that would even be bad for Brazil itself — which, in my opinion, needs to do some deep reflection on many things — to link Filipe Luís’ success, or his possible success in Europe, which we hope he achieves, to something that has a lot to do with what would supposedly be the evolution of Brazilian coaches.” What are the differences between Filipe Luís and Leonardo Jardim when it comes to working in the market? “It’s always different. Working with De Zerbi is different from working with Luís Castro. Working with (Paulo) Fonseca is different from working with Leonardo Jardim. Coaches have their own game models and their own player profiles. There are coaches who place a lot of importance on one factor, while others place less importance on that factor and value other factors.” So what does Leonardo value more, then...? “Let me finish, because I think it’s important for people to understand this. Sometimes the market experience you have, from being involved in the market... And in Filipe’s case, he didn’t have much. Leonardo has much more experience. He has many years in football. And he has much more experience in understanding, at times, how the market works. Because sometimes what is difficult in working with a coach is that he doesn’t understand that the market doesn’t work that way — you don’t buy a player for 10 and, a month later, that player isn’t playing and you still can’t sell him for 10. That doesn’t exist. When you have more experience, you know that can’t happen. You’re going to lose money when you want to sell a player you bought a short time ago and he isn’t being used. Those are the small nuances that also make the difference between working with one and working with another. It’s not better or worse. It’s different. Of all the younger coaches I’ve had throughout my career, from this side here, every single one of them is different. All of them, all of them.” Is Leonardo Jardim among the five best Portuguese coaches today? “You can go find an interview I gave in January. I consider Leonardo one of the best Portuguese coaches, aside from (José) Mourinho. And based on facts. It’s not that I like Leonardo more, or that I like Paulo Fonseca more, or Luís Castro more, people I’ve worked with before. It’s the facts, it’s the results. And there is no other Portuguese coach, besides Mourinho, who has won a league title in the Big Five. There’s Mourinho, who has been around there for a long time, and then there’s Leonardo. That fact alone already makes him a coach with a different résumé from all the others. That doesn’t mean this won’t happen in a few years, that there won’t be other good coaches who will win. I consider Leonardo, certainly, to be in the top 3 Portuguese coaches of the last 10 to 15 years.”

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