The president of Atletico reveals the value of Codit’s fine: “We will not pay.”

The president of Atlético, Sergio Coelho, revealed the amount of the fine imposed on coach Eduardo Coudet at a press conference, Tuesday (11), at the administrative headquarters of Lourdes, in Belo Horizonte. Although the financial issue was not the main reason for the board of directors to decide on the Argentine’s stay, the club was not willing to pay the multi-millionaire in the event of a possible expulsion.

Additionally, according to Coelho, Codete apologized for the group controversy after the match against Libertad, for the Copa Libertadores, when he publicly complained about the lack of investment in the team. The change in the professional’s behavior also contributed to a new vote of confidence from management.

“We finished the meeting with Coudet, I said: Coudet, we are still together. Am I happy with what happened? No. It could not have happened, but it happened, and we decided that you should continue. The contract is there, if you want to sign, no one is obligated to stay at Atletico.” under contract.”

“The coach remains under an incorrect contract, the fine is released, if it is in your interest. But Atlético will not pay the R$26 million fine, he will not pay. Even the fact that we consider Codet to be a great coach. He did not stop him from being a great coach.”

Sergio dismissed the idea that Codette is not interested in continuing the job that started in November last year and is expected to finish in December 2024. The boss said the coach has realized the error of raising issues with the board and is excited to continue with the rooster.

“This part was work. The parties understood this. He even paid a fine to Inter. I don’t know if he wanted to stay, but he showed great interest in continuing. He said this before the match against America, after he was champion and today in my living room. He is not satisfied with Atlético He realized his mistake and is excited to keep working.”

Referring to Coudet’s fine, Coelho stressed that the R$26 million amount was “a very high sum”, but at no time was there any talk of a reduction. From the moment he expressed interest in continuing and acknowledged the mistake, we created another story. If Atlético makes an offer to pay 50%, 60%, 70%, it will only be because of the fine. But we did not negotiate a reduction with him.”

Codit has a success rate of 72.5% at Atlético: 11 wins, four draws and two defeats. With him, Gallo won the Campeonato Mineiro by defeating América with two victories in the final: 3-2, in Independencia, and 2-0 in Mineiro. In the Libertadores, the team advanced in the preliminary stages against Carabobo, from Venezuela, and Millonarios, from Colombia, but lost to Libertad 1-0, at home, in Group G’s debut.