Grêmio sack goalkeeping coach after hiring Luís Castro | OneFootball

Grêmio have sacked goalkeeping coach Mateus Famer, informing him by phone on Thursday following the hiring of Luís Castro.

According to Globo.com, the decision was explained by the fact Castro is bringing Portuguese goalkeeping coach Daniel Correia.

Famer had been first-team goalkeeping coach since January. He previously spent 12 years in Grêmio’s academy and worked two seasons at Vasco.

Earlier this week the club also dismissed permanent assistant coach James Freitas. Fernando Lázaro, who led data analysis, was let go.

Castro’s backroom team features assistants Vítor Severino and Pedro Mané, performance analyst Nuno Baptista and fitness coaches Nuno Cerdeira and Roberto Júnior, known as Betinho. Apart from Betinho, a Brazilian formerly of Flamengo, they are Portuguese.

The new head coach will be presented on Monday.

Source: Globo.com