Seabra-Vasco talks collapse as cancelled flight and release-clause row halt move | OneFootball

Vasco’s bid to hire Fernando Seabra collapsed over how to pay his release clause, leaving the coach in place at Coritiba.

According to Globo.com, Seabra had a late Thursday flight booked to Rio de Janeiro that was cancelled after Coritiba insisted on the clause being paid in full.

From the outset, Seabra wanted a swift process to avoid friction between clubs and a back-door exit from Coritiba.

Vasco football director Admar Lopes travelled to Curitiba, met agent Hugo Magalhães, and tabled an offer described as irresistible, worth roughly triple the coach’s current salary.

Seabra had lined up assistants Vinicius Rováris and Álvaro Martins, fitness coach Fábio Eiras, and analyst Henrique Américo, who resigned from Cruzeiro on Thursday.

Admar then met Coritiba’s board seeking to stagger a clause of about R$ 5 million, but the club demanded an upfront payment, and Vasco never signalled it would pay at once.

With a preliminary agreement, Seabra was expected in Rio early Friday, but he remained in Curitiba and apprehension lingered at CT da Graciosa before the afternoon session.

He spoke with club officials at the training ground, heard renewed confidence in the project, then told Coritiba early afternoon he would continue and travel on Saturday to Porto Alegre for a training match against Internacional.

Vasco kept seeking a financial workaround and tried to hold the agreement together, but Seabra opted to stay. Later, he appeared in a club video with director William Thomas to confirm his decision.

Source: Globo.com