Cruzeiro close in on Artur Jorge deal, final details before announcement | OneFootball

Cruzeiro has made decisive progress toward finalizing the hiring of Portuguese coach Artur Jorge and is already working with the expectation of making the agreement official in the coming days. The news of the deal was initially reported by journalists Emerson Pancieri and Lucas Barbosa from Rádio Itatiaia, who detailed the advanced stage of negotiations, and was confirmed by our team.

Internally, Artur Jorge's name has been treated as a priority since Tite's departure. The board moved quickly in the market and managed to align the contractual terms with the coach, including contract duration and salary matters, which paved the way for the most delicate stage of the operation: securing his release from Al-Rayyan, in Qatar.

This point, in fact, is the last obstacle before the official announcement. Cruzeiro is negotiating directly with the Qatari club to facilitate the coach's departure. To do so, they are expected to pay around R$ 15 million, an amount that will be paid in installments as compensation for the contract termination.

The negotiations, however, did not start just now. As further reported by the portal, Cruzeiro had already been monitoring Artur Jorge's situation and had initiated contact earlier, intensifying talks as the change in the coaching staff became inevitable. This early move helped the club save time and move quickly when it decided to formalize its approach.

With practically everything agreed upon between the club and the coach, Cruzeiro is now focusing its efforts on concluding the deal with Al-Rayyan. The expectation is that, once this bureaucratic step is resolved, the official announcement will take place as early as this Thursday (19).

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