Board to haggle on wages, offer arrears deal over Dorival return | OneFootball

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

The coach, recently dismissed 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 formal offer will be made.

The biggest obstacle is the coach’s high salary, as he and his coaching staff were earning around R$ 3 million per month at their rival club — 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 while also settling the approximately R$ 3.2 million related to his last spell, divided between him personally and his company. Contrary to what recent audio recordings suggest, the amount is not a penalty clause, but overdue payments, of which R$ 1.45 million has already been paid off.

As AMT reported in April, a delegation made up of Harry Massis’s allies met with the former coach. The goal was to find out whether he would be interested in taking charge of São Paulo in the event of Roger’s dismissal.

AMT revealed that the initial contacts took place without Massis’s consent, though he later 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 take place. But not because Dorival wanted them to. Having an excellent relationship with Tricolor advisers and influential members, the coach admitted that he received them “out of courtesy” 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 add more fuel to the fire and keep the fans’ pressure going. We all think what is happening to Roger is very wrong. And out of the enormous respect Dorival has for him, in addition to considering him one of the best in the country, there is not the slightest possibility of us 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, that is if we’re stretching 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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