Jorge Jesus listening to Flamengo after the classics with FC Porto

The coach’s lawyer ensures that no offer has reached him… yet

With two classics with FC Porto on the doorstep, the future of Jorge Jesus could see developments, especially if the results in Dragao are not positive, as the Reds’ managers and coach would like. Flamengo are still on the alert, with two directors in Lisbon in the process of selecting future Mengão captain, but O JOGO knows that nothing will be discussed until 30, the date of the second visit to Dragão, in the Bwin League, with the first round. From the Round of 16 of the Portuguese Cup, scheduled for next Thursday.

In Lisbon for several days and after publicly revealing an expectation to meet Jorge Jesus for coffee, Vice President Marcos Braz and CEO Bruno Spindel continue to have a meeting with the Benfica coach on their agenda, although they are now trying to ease the pressure. “I won’t stay here and hope Benfica lose the match. Jorge Jesus will always be an option but he has a contract now. That’s not a problem because when Luis Felipe Vieira went to Brazil he had a contract. As long as it’s open, I haven’t met him or spoken to him, out of respect for Benfica, for the games.” which he fought, and out of respect for Jorge Jesus,” Marcos Braz told SIC Notícias.

However, comments made by Jorge Jesus’ lawyer to CNN Portugal shortly afterwards left no doubt about the timing and expectations of the Brazilian leaders. Luis Miguel Henrique said: “Probably, despite being a person with unbreakable morals, Marcos Braz only lied once, when he said he did not support the loss of Benfica,” asserting that “Flamingo’s will is to hire Jorge,” an obstacle the size of … Dragao in front of the “Vice” of the Rio de Janeiro Club. “If you think you can hire until your 30s, you can extend the trip and stay because that’s not how things are going to work.”

Luis Miguel Henrique, who has worked with Jorge Jesus “for more than 20 years”, asserts that to this day, the coach “has nothing” for Flamengo, not least because this formal meeting between the two parties has yet to take place. “Jorge has no intention of undoing any kind of friendship, but he will be aware of the symbolic significance that this meeting can have and the problems that may arise from it,” the lawyer explained, not closing any door.

However, asked about the moment Jorge Jesus is going through at Benfica, where he has been the target of some contention by the embodied fans, especially after the defeat to Sporting, Luis Miguel Henrique pointed the finger at leadership embodied in the way the coach was publicly defended after the derby. “It wasn’t Jaime Antunes who should have done it, I thought it was strange even because of the criticism he made to Jesus in the past, that wasn’t what should have been done. It would have been Rui Costa or not the first,” the lawyer dismissed Noting that the coach “likes to work where they want.”