Jorge Jesus admits looking for Flamengo in leaked audio

In troubled times, accumulating a series of defeats and losing important titles, Flamengo is looking for a coach after dismissing Vitor Pereira. Some names were speculated, such as Sampaoli and the former coach of the Brazilian national team, Tite, but a prominent name was that of the Portuguese with a great spell at the club in 2019, Jorge Jesus.

In leaked audio, the coach took over a conversation with Flamengo’s vice president, Marcos Braz, and emphasized the wait so that he can fulfill his work in Europe. The Portuguese still has a contract with Fenerbahce in Türkiye.

_{Photo: Jorge Jesus playing for his current club, Fenerbahçe / Reproduction: Haber Global}

See the lines in the leaked audio:

“I spoke to Marcos Braz yesterday about several things, but I never spoke about financial terms with him. Marcos Braz spoke to me about Flamengo, if I could leave now. I said I couldn’t anymore, I had to give myself some time. Even for me to speak here with the president. There’s still a month and a half left for the championship to end here in Turkey. he told me

I thought I was going to put in an interim coach, and I said, “Okay then, you guys could wait for me.” He said he couldn’t wait much longer for me than a week. ′′ – Said Jorge Jesus.

Flamengo’s board does not intend to wait for a long time for Jorge Jesus and wants to define another coach within a week, until then the club will be trained by the interim Mario Jorge, who has Libertadores games and the beginning of the Brazilian Championship ahead.

Jorge Jesus’ contract with Fenerbahçe will run until the end of May and he intends to fulfill it, even with a low termination fine, what prevents the coach from a quick transfer is the favorable situation of the Turkish club. Fenerbahçe plays for the national title in addition to being in the semifinals of the local Cup.

Featured Photo: Jorge Jesus and Marcos Braz / Playback: Lance