Flamengo close in on ex-Al Nassr Portuguese manager | OneFootball

Which Portuguese coach is on Flamengo’s radar?

Since the dismissal of Bruno Pivetti, Flamengo’s under-20 squad has been under interim coach Daniel Franklin. Keeping an eye on market options, the Rubro-Negro has moved forward with the signing of Marcelo Salazar.

Flamengo is in advanced talks with Marcelo Salazar, a Portuguese coach who had been in charge of Al Nassr’s under-21 team (Saudi Arabia). The farewell of the Saudi team’s manager took place this Tuesday (26).

Amid interest from Flamengo, Marcelo Salazar has already confided to people close to him that he wants to return to Brazil to work as a coach. One link in this deal is that José Boto, Rubro-Negro’s football director, is very fond of the former Al Nassr coach’s work. The information comes from the portals ‘Flazoeiro’ and ‘FlaBase’.

WHO IS MARCELO SALAZAR, FORMER AL NASSR COACH?

Marcelo Salazar is 48 years old and was born in Recife, in northeastern Brazil. After starting his career as a futsal player in Europe, the coach became a naturalized Portuguese citizen and played for the Portugal national team at the 2004 World Cup.

After ‘hanging up his boots,’ Marcelo Salazar took qualification courses at the CBF and began his career off the pitch as an assistant coach for the United Arab Emirates national team. The professional also worked with Péricles Chamusca at Al Faisaly in Saudi Arabia and had been at Al Nassr since 2021.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT MATCH?

While Flamengo looks for a new coach, the under-20 squad is preparing for its next commitment of the season. This Wednesday (27), Mengo faces América-MG in the category’s Brasileirão. In short, the ball starts rolling at 3:00 p.m. (Brasília time) in Belo Horizonte. In this way, Coluna do Fla will bring all the details of the clash on its website and social media.

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