Coach helps Fluminense build squad for next season
December 22
2025
– 10:39 a.m.
(updated at 10:39 a.m.)
While the players are on vacation, Zubeldía continues to work at full capacity. Therefore, the coach participated in meetings with the management of Fluminense in CT Carlos Castilho to discuss planning for the next season, according to “ge”. The coach and management mainly discuss reinforcements.
Since 2024, Fluminense has reformulated and constituted the squad according to the characteristics of Mano Menezes and Renato Gaúcho. Despite this, Zubeldía managed to take Guerreiros’ team all the way to the Libertadores group stage. But now the Argentine coach wants to include players with his characteristics.
Active in the discussion about casting, Zubeldía defined his priorities. Today, the board of directors is working to strengthen it. The priority is a more refined defender in passing the ball and a center forward to be the new benchmark of the attack. Fluminense, in fact, also tries to recruit Nino, but comes up against the difficult game of Zenit, from Russia.
The Fluminense team has been divided to represent next season. Thus, a group composed of young core players and underutilized players begins the preseason on January 2, while the second group with the main names reappears on the 8th, at CT Carlos Castilho.
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