Thiago Neves eyes coaching Flu, jokes about facing Fred in U20 Carioca | OneFootball

“It’s the club that opened the doors for me as a player in Brazil. I hope that one day it will open the doors for me to be Fluminense’s coach,” said Thiago Neves.

“It’s going to be funny. I think from my side it’ll be funny to see Fred in charge, and for him too. We’re always joking around, making fun of each other. I’m curious to see what that banter will be like after the game, talking about what I did, what I was seeing, what I tried to do against his team. But it’ll be good. A new generation of coaches is coming through. Filipe Luís was the first, and there are others coming too. Maybe Felipe Melo will be a coach before long. We start out at the U-20 level, and before you know it we’ll be facing each other or working together at some club,” said Thiago Neves. “It’ll be different, it’ll be nice to face a friend. I never imagined Fred would become a coach, and neither did he. Neither of us had ever thought about becoming a coach,” Thiago Neves added. Photo: Nelson Perez/Fluminense F.C. “He’s avoiding me. I only talk to his fitness coach, Chico. He runs away. We’ll only chat after the match. Until then he’ll keep running around, doing his footvolley in Ipanema. That’s Fredão for you… He disappears and then shows up again,” Thiago Neves concluded.

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