
The Flamengo board dealt with the renewals of director José Boto, this one more advanced before the end of the season, and that of coach Filipe Luís, still dependent on the match with PSG, on separate channels.
The permanence of the coach, notes the blog, is an important part of the football project as a whole, which directly involves the retention of the coach. Explain.
Boto and Filipe developed a professional relationship of mutual trust and closed themselves to Ninho do Urubu so that there was no external interference in the work. It turns out the strategy worked.
From then on, both understood that continuity requires staying together. And a possible departure could also bring new partnership challenges in international football.
Aware of this, Flamengo took advantage of José Boto’s greater availability and rushed in recent days to seal the stay of the Portuguese, who could leave free at the end of the year, without fine.
For Boto to continue in 2026, Flamengo president Luiz Eduardo Baptista offered him a new contract, ignoring the previous one, this one now being with termination for both parties.
Boto, who was in danger in his position in the middle of the year, believes that continuity is entirely likely, especially given the results. But its sequence also involves Filipe’s stay.
“Two days ago my lawyer received the new contract and everything I can say yes or no is right. Now all that remains is to look at the small clauses. Everything is ready for renewal and the only reason we haven’t renewed it yet is because we are here in Qatar. My agreement was a simple thing”, said the director of the Flazoeiro channel, in an optimistic tone.
The movement precedes the course of Flamengo’s conversation with the coach. At one point, Boto stayed away from the subject, led by President Bap. After Intercontinental’s decision, this Wednesday, everything will finally be put on the table.
Filipe Luis has a contract until the end of the year and hopes, in addition to an increase in value, to maintain the work model in which he has total autonomy, with Boto, who today not only protects him at Flamengo, but also raises the name of the rookie coach to a new level in the European market.