Bureaucratic issue halted Filipe Luís's move to Bayer Leverkusen | OneFootball

Filipe Luís was close to taking over as Bayer Leverkusen’s head coach, but a bureaucratic obstacle halted the deal. The information was revealed exclusively by German Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg.

According to Plettenberg, negotiations were at an advanced stage, but stalled because Filipe Luís only holds a CONMEBOL coaching license, not the UEFA Pro License required in European football.

Leverkusen even contacted UEFA to try to secure an exception, but the slow pace of the process frustrated the plans. Unwilling to wait, the coach saw another project gather momentum.

With the deal stalled in Germany, Monaco pushed to sign him and showed it was willing to take on the bureaucratic burden. According to Sky Sport, the club is prepared to pay fines of up to 25,000 euros (around R$145,000) per match until the situation is regularized.

If UEFA does not grant a special exemption, Filipe Luís’s CONMEBOL license will only be automatically recognized as equivalent to the UEFA Pro License once he completes three years as a head coach. He currently has about a year and a half of experience in the role with Flamengo.

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