São Paulo appoint Dorival Júnior to replace Roger Machado | OneFootball

São Paulo announced the signing of coach Dorival Júnior.

The deal was finalized late Friday morning (15) and will bring the professional back for his third spell with Tricolor.

Alongside him, assistants Lucas Silvestre and Pedro Sotero, as well as analysts Guilherme Lyra and João Marcos Soares, are also returning to the club.

According to ge, the contract will be valid until the end of the season, and both sides had to make financial concessions.

Dorival was earning R$ 3 million at Corinthians, and São Paulo was willing to offer half of that, the same amount that was paid to Hernán Crespo.

The club and the coach reached an agreement for an amount close to R$ 2 million.

Talks over the signing began on Thursday (14) and even stretched into the early hours of the morning.

São Paulo was looking for a new coach after being eliminated from the Copa do Brasil on Wednesday (13), which resulted in Roger Machado’s dismissal.

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