Messy exit: São Paulo confirm Allan Barcellos leaves U20s after row | OneFootball

São Paulo officially announced on Wednesday afternoon (25) that head coach Allan Barcellos resigned and stepped down as manager of the club’s under-20 team at Tricolor’s Cotia training center.

According to the club, the agreement was finalized with the board this Wednesday, and his contract will end on March 31. Allan joined São Paulo in 2022, starting with the under-12s and moving through every age group until taking over the junior team in May 2024.

During that time, he won the 2025 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior and the back-to-back Under-20 Copa do Brasil titles (2024 and 2025). In January of this year, the coach had renewed his deal through the end of 2027.

In the official statement, São Paulo thanked the coach for his work and wished him success in the next steps of his career.

Feeling that the process of transitioning players from the youth setup to the senior team was not being carried out at São Paulo, he chose to leave and seek a fresh start, and may now accept the challenge of taking over Palmeiras, which is keeping an eye on the coach.

According to sources heard by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, Roger Machado’s arrival at Tricolor had no influence on Barcellos’ decision, as he truly decided to leave because of promises not fulfilled by São Paulo over the last two years, more specifically in the last three months.

To replace Allan Barcellos, Tricolor is in talks with Júlio Baptista, a coach who recently stated that it would be a dream to manage the club where he was developed since childhood.

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