São Paulo to haggle over wages, offer arrears deal for Dorival return | OneFootball

After Roger Machado’s departure, São Paulo’s board is focused on a single target: Dorival Júnior.

The coach, recently fired by Corinthians, is the absolute favorite of the club’s top brass, who are meeting on Thursday morning (14) to decide on a name. The expectation is that a proposal will be made official.

The biggest obstacle is the coach’s high salary, as he and his staff were earning around R$3 million per month at their rival — a figure that was even mentioned by president Harry Massis in an audio leak released recently.

According to information obtained by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, São Paulo plans to haggle over the amount, relying on its good relationship with the coach’s son and assistant, Lucas Silvestre, as well as the obvious admiration the fans have for him because of the 2023 Copa do Brasil title.

The club’s idea is not to pay Dorival less than R$3 million per month, but rather to reach that amount by also settling the roughly R$3.2 million related to his previous spell, split between him as an individual and his company. Contrary to what recent audio recordings suggest, that amount is not a penalty clause, but overdue payments, of which R$1.45 million has already been paid down.

As AMT reported in April, a group made up of Harry Massis allies met with the former coach. The goal was to find out whether he would be interested in taking charge of São Paulo if Roger were eventually dismissed.

AMT revealed that the initial contacts happened without Massis’s consent, but that he approved the idea of having a coach lined up in case Roger left and gave the green light for something more, let’s say, official.

It is now known that these meetings did in fact happen. But not because Dorival wanted them. Having a great relationship with Tricolor advisers and influential members, the coach admitted that he received them “out of politeness” and said that “he will only agree to discuss anything at all once Roger leaves,” sources told us.

“The last thing we need right now is to give the fans even more fuel to keep up the pressure. We all think what is happening to Roger is very wrong. And because of the enormous respect Dorival has for him, besides considering him one of the best in the country, there is not the slightest possibility of us even making ourselves available as replacements for something that does not even have a set date to happen,” said a member of Dorival’s coaching staff.

You could say this is the second no Dorival has given São Paulo in recent days. Well, only if we really stretch it. As AMT revealed, the coach’s son, assistant Lucas Silvestre, was invited to take a permanent role on São Paulo’s coaching staff, a position currently held by Milton Cruz.

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