Attention! Ex-Sporting man tipped to take charge at Flamengo | OneFootball

Flamengo has a new target to take over the technical command of the main team following the departure of Filipe Luís, and the favorite of the management is a Portuguese coach with a significant past at Sporting, despite not having won any titles.

According to the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, the former lion Leonardo Jardim is the best-positioned name to take the position, being internally seen as the ideal choice to relaunch the sports project of the Carioca club, which is the current Libertadores champion.

The Madeiran coach, 51 years old, was free after recently leaving Cruzeiro for personal reasons, a situation that facilitated the progress of negotiations. The same source indicates that the administration led by Luiz Eduardo Baptista already appreciated the coach's profile even before the renewal of the previous coach.

, marked by the loss of the Brazilian Super Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana, factors that precipitated the change on Flamengo's bench. Leonardo Jardim knows Brazilian football and has already strongly criticized the country's refereeing.

Negotiations have progressed in recent days, and the Portuguese coach is already in Brazil to finalize the details of the agreement, with confidence in a positive outcome, despite the interest shown by other clubs, including Vasco da Gama.

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