The name of the Portuguese coach Bruno Lage, 46, gained strength in the national news in charge of Corinthians next season after the departure of compatriot Vítor Pereira, who has not renewed the link due to family problems.
The council’s tendency is to keep the Portuguese school, which, in his analysis, has worked. And Lage’s name looks like a strong candidate.
His last job was in the Premier League, with Wolverhampton, and then the Portuguese journalist David Novo, executive director of diskfrom Portugal, he believes he won’t “give up” so easily on the Old Continent.
“He is now a coach without a team. I confess that, despite Corinthians being a giant of Brazilian football and also a world champion, Bruno Lage’s priority is to continue in European football, in a logic that, after having opened the door to one of major leagues like the Premier League, the goal is not to close it,” he began in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport🇧🇷
However, the professional also takes into account the success of other Portuguese in the country, such as Abel Ferreira, multi-champion coach with Palmeiras, and Jorge Jesus, ex Flamengo.
“Even so, I admit that the recent presence of Portuguese coaches in Brazil, with great success, serves as a sort of invitation to other Portuguese coaches,” he added.
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Career as a coach
Bruno Lage began his career as a youth coach at Benfica, after having been an assistant and physical trainer in smaller teams in Portugal. His time at Encarnados allowed him to work with Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo, both currently at Manchester City.
Later he was part of the technical team of Carlos Carvalhal (with whom he wrote a book, by the way) – a coach who was also approached by Flamengo – when he was abroad, such as at Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea – for, then, in 2018, he took over the Benfica B team. With the departure of Rui Vitória from the main squad, he ended up “promoted”.
“The impact was immediate: the champion recovered in the standings by seven points with a lead of two points. Young players such as João Félix, Florentino and Rúben Dias and, more experienced, the Brazilian Jonas have excelled in this team”. David Novo said.
“The following season started with winning the Super Cup, with a 5-0 defeat against big rivals Sporting. That was the last title won by Benfica. Subsequently, he left the club before the end of the season and, after a long break After almost a year, he returned from Wolverhampton’s big goal, as it is managed by Jorge Mendes, a businessman with a strong influence on the English club,” he added.
Corinthians follow ‘sweep’ across Europe in search of coach; Bruno Lage was suggested before VP https://t.co/3Ixh1wZtwh
— Marina Bufon (@MarinaBufon) November 17, 2022
pattern and personality
One of the hallmarks of Bruno Lage’s Benfica was the 4-4-2 formation, when João Félix and Jonas, for example, ended up getting noticed.
Just like VP, he too likes tactically strong and pressing football, as well as valuing training a lot. In view of this, a pre-season would go very well, which has not happened with the compatriot and has been missing throughout the year.
The coach’s profile is seen as calm, the so-called low profile, and is “dedicated to what he does”, being very studious, which he has in common with other Portuguese coaches. Also, the reporter disk brought a curiosity: the Portuguese bets on humour.
“He’s also a coach with a different approach, sometimes with touches of humour. For example, he once used a series of cartoons on Canal Panda to show, like in the aforementioned series, that football is played as a team.” he concluded. .
last experience
His last stint was at Wolverhampton, England where he stayed for 16 months and ended up leaving in early October. In eight rounds of the 2022/23 season he won just one, drew three times and lost four, with only three goals scored.
In 2021/22 he managed 51 games for Wolves, with 19 wins, nine draws and 23 losses, 52 goals scored and 56 conceded.
His team usually includes five technical assistants. Already his salary at his last club was £2.5m a season, which would be R$16.12m a year or R$1.35m a month – VP and his fees are estimated to earn a little more each month.
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