Santos management committee vetoes Vanderley Luxemburgo as coach

management committee saints He refused, by four votes to two, to appoint Vanderlei Luxemburgo as coach. President Andres Rueda met the coach before he suggested the option to the college.

The management committee likes the idea of ​​Luxembourg as CEO of footballBut the 70-year-old insists he is a coach and should not return to work at Santos at this time.

Rueda considered this possibility and suggested voting, but was not comfortable with the “lobby” by Luxa. Employees and those close to him have provided the press with inaccurate information in the last hours. Conversations with the president were released in “real time” and the fact infuriated the council.

Andrés Rueda realized that Luxembourg had “imposed the bar”. The president believes that he will be a good leader of the football department, having experience in the field and in management. However, Luxa suggested that he be coach until the end of the year and manager in 2023. The option was discarded.

Luxembourg is absent football Since the end of 2021, when he was fired from Sea trip. He was a former Senate candidate from Tocantins, but the FSP did not make the campaign official.

Who takes responsibility?

Santos is looking for another professional football section in the market and does not rule out the appointment of coach Orlando Ribeiro from the under-20s. He will lead the team in the classic match against Palmeiras on Sunday (18), at Allianz Park, in the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship.

So far, Pixie has tried, but to no avail, with Argentine coach Sebastian Picaci and has considered Vanderlei Luxembourgo as a coach or coach. The club continues to assess the market and is keen not to make mistakes such as making mistakes with Leska and Newton Drummond.