Urgency to define next coach motivates efforts in Colorado, which sets a deadline to define outstanding questions
Internacional is focusing its efforts on the technical staff recruitment process for next season. In this context, this weekend could be crucial for this definition. Tite, free on the market, is currently the council’s main target. The club management is waiting for a signal from the coach, who must present his decision by next Monday (15).
Even optimistic, Internacional does not want to be held hostage by only having Tite as an alternative. Therefore, map and analyze other options. The intention is therefore to protect you in case the commander responds negatively to the offer. The professional, preferred by the board of directors, has already played for Internacional. In fact, the experience was positive, since we won the 2008 edition of the Copa Sudamericana.
Abel Braga, who will assume the role of technical director, will have the autonomy to make the choices that will make up the reformulation within the football department and the technical commission. The experienced professional has already admitted that the club was looking for other candidates to take up the coaching position in 2026 and that there was even a consultation with one of them.
Although he prefers to keep the name of this professional secret, one coach constantly on the agenda for a possible return is Odair Hellmann. However, the situation is more complex, since he has a contract in force with Athletico Paranaense until May 2026, in addition to the possibility of extending the contract.
Tite is Internacional’s priority
Abel Braga also pointed out that two foreign coaches are possible options to strengthen Colorado’s internal team. One of the speculations linked Martín Palermo, who recently left Fortaleza, as an alternative to Inter. However, the Argentine has ongoing conversations with Remo, who was granted access this year to compete in the First Division in 2026.
The person responsible for contacting Tite was precisely Abel Braga. The former commander presented the Internacional project. He also asked if the professional would accept less daring work compared to his previous mandates. In this case, when he took over Flamengo and participated in two editions of the World Cup at the head of the Brazilian team.
Tite responded positively to Abel Braga’s questions, a situation that encouraged Colorado, which awaits the coach’s decision. Cruzeiro, who is fighting for a place in the Copa do Brasil decider, is also monitoring the commander.
Indeed, there is uncertainty regarding the continuity of the Portuguese Leonardo Jardim. Since leaving Flamengo in September last year, Tite has prioritized taking care of his mental health and stressed that he was ready to return to work recently.
Reformulation process
Inter is not showing that it will wait for an agreement with a new executive director to then define the new team coach. This would be a natural evolution, as President Alessandro Barcellos himself mentioned during a press conference last Friday (12).
Despite this, the urgency of deciding on the new commander exceeds what would be the natural order of the processes. A situation that interferes with this conduct is that the favored candidate to take on the role of executive director is Fabinho Soldado.
Signs point to him leaving Corinthians, but he and the club are entirely focused on fighting for a place in the Copa do Brasil final. Due to the proximity of the start of the next season, which will take place on January 11. The management of Internacional has therefore set a deadline to define its next technical committee at the beginning of the following week.
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