From Grêmio titles to mended rifts, Renato Gaúcho and Amodeo reunite at Vasco | OneFootball

Renato Gaúcho’s return to Vasco also brings a reunion with CEO Carlos Amodeo, a long-time colleague from Grêmio with whom success and strains were shared, and which both now consider resolved.

According to Globo.com, Amodeo held the same role at Grêmio and worked with Renato from 2017 to 2021, then again in 2022, lifting six trophies, among them the 2017 Libertadores and 2018 Recopa Sul-Americana, plus three state titles and the 2019 Recopa Gaúcha. In every season of Renato’s first spell, Grêmio finished in the G-6 of the Brasileiro.

From 2019, disagreements surfaced over recruitment spend and a tight budget aimed at financial sustainability, with Renato airing discontent in press conferences. He stressed that signings would be made within the club’s means and, later that year, tied his stay to greater 2020 investment, urging the board to loosen the belt and keep the team fighting at the top.

Those disputes were regarded as part of normal working life, and both men are said to maintain a good relationship.

Amodeo was directly involved in attempts to hire Renato at the end of 2024, when no agreement was reached, and again in 2026. At his CT Moacyr Barbosa unveiling, Renato said they had worked closely in recent days and that they remain friends despite past differences.

Renato arrives at Vasco with a restricted budget after strong spending in the international window that closed last Tuesday. The club is scanning the domestic market until the end of March, prioritising a holding midfielder, with larger outlays more likely in the mid-year window, and short-term options focused on loans or free agents.

Source: Globo.com