Flamengo eyeing 3 options if Filipe Luís contract talks fall through | OneFootball

Which names are being monitored by Flamengo and what are the obstacles for each one?

If at first Filipe Luís’ renewal with Flamengo was considered ‘natural,’ now the situation has reached a critical state. With only three days left before the coach’s contract expires, the parties have not reached a full agreement. As a result, Fla is working with three possible options.

Currently, the Flamengo board is considering three options to replace Filipe Luís if necessary. Thus, the Portuguese coaches Leonardo Jardim and Artur Jorge, as well as the Italo-Brazilian Thiago Motta, are Fla’s plan A, B, and C.

What are the ‘obstacles’ for each coach?

However, each of the coaches has a ‘but’ involved in a possible negotiation with Flamengo. GE initially reported the information. In summary, Leonardo Jardim has reached an agreement to leave Cruzeiro, with the intention of retiring.

On the other hand, Thiago Motta has spent almost his entire career in Italian football. In fact, the coach’s last job was at Juventus (ITA), where he and Danilo became adversaries at the time. Besides that, the coach would need to adapt more to Brazil.

Finally, Artur Jorge is the third name being evaluated internally at Flamengo to replace Filipe Luís if necessary. However, the Portuguese coach who won the Libertadores and the Brasileirão with Botafogo, has a high release clause at Al Rayyan, in Qatar.

In short, Artur Jorge’s release clause is approximately US$ 6 million (about 33.2 million at the current exchange rate). Because of this, Flamengo considers the amount high. The coach has a contract with Al-Rayyan until June 2027.

And the talks with Filipe Luís?

It’s worth noting that, despite the entire saga, Flamengo’s priority remains renewing Filipe Luís’ contract. Last Saturday (27), both sides made concessions and the coach accepted the amount offered by the club.

Despite this, Filipe Luís accepted an offer below what he initially requested and the agreement included performance bonuses and a release clause accessible to the market. Finally, the contract would be for two years.

In the meantime, the current obstacle in negotiations is another. That’s because Filipe Luís believes that the salaries of assistant Ivan Palanco and fitness coach Diogo Linhares should not come out of the agreed amount.

The coach, however, thinks that Flamengo needs to settle the assistant’s and fitness coach’s salaries separately. Internally, some directors are pressuring the club to drop the deal if there’s no resolution by this Sunday (28).

Nevertheless, Flamengo is prioritizing renewing with Filipe Luís and intends to stretch the negotiations as much as possible. Even so, the club does not want to wait until the contract ends; in other words, the idea is to resolve the impasse before December 31.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.