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·13 Maret 2026
Zubeldía eyes long Fluminense stay after Bittencourt talks

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·13 Maret 2026

Fluminense’s coach, Luis Zubeldía, stated that he sees the possibility of building a long-term project at the club. In an interview with the Argentine newspaper Olé, the coach shared a conversation he had with the former president and current general director of the club, Mário Bittencourt, when talking about the importance of thinking in the long term.
During the interview, Zubeldía was asked about the routine of coaches, who often don’t know how long they will stay at a club. The question referred to the fact that many coaches even avoid fully settling into their homes because of the instability of the profession.
The coach revealed that he has reflected on this since arriving at Fluminense and said he had a direct conversation with Mário Bittencourt about the matter.
“The other day I was talking to the sporting director, who came over for a coffee. I said to him: ‘Mário, if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I have to feel like I’m going to stay here for a long time, that I’m going to decorate this apartment the way I want to. And if I have to spend some money, I will, because this is my life and not what’s to come.’”
Zubeldía also emphasized that he prefers to live in the present and not work with the instability that usually marks the careers of football coaches in mind.
“Because if I have to think that here coaches last, on average, three and a half months, I won’t get anywhere.”
From the Argentine coach’s perspective, the idea is to build consistent work at Fluminense, even in an environment where the pressure for results often shortens the tenure of many coaches.
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