Portuguese Abel Ferreira has renewed as coach of Palmeiras, the last Brasileirao champion, for another season, until December 2025, as announced this Tuesday by the president of the club, Leila Pereira.
“I want to announce that we have renewed the contract of our coach Abel Ferreira until December 2025,” Pereira said in an exclusive press conference for female journalists.
From 2020 and now to 2025
Ferreira, who He has won everything at Palmeiras since his move to the São Paulo entity at the end of 2020, including two consecutive Copa Libertadores titles (2020 and 2021), he has a contract until December 2024.
however, its continuation is up in the air since the end of last season, where he suffered some breakdowns in the head of the team, despite winning the new Brazilian Championship.
‘No’ to a dizzying offer from Qatar
Amidst this disagreement, the Spanish newspaper ‘Sport’ assured that the Portuguese coach received a dizzying offer from Qatar’s Al-Sadd which would have made him the highest paid technician in the world.
Ferreira, 45 years old and also appeared on the list of possible candidates for the bench of the Brazilian teampreferred to continue the Palmeiras project, which he raised on the altars of South American football.
“I want to keep this successful coach, who has been with us for a long time. This is great news for our fans, for our institution and for Abel and his technical commission. “I’m sure he is very happy, he believes in the continuity of the project and we are going to continue strong,” declared Pereira.
The leader told reporters that his goal is always to keep professionals who in recent years have shown “stability in terms of performance on the field.”
“The great reinforcement of Palmeiras is this: the belief in professionals who give results,” he added.
His successes at Palmeiras
Disciple of José MourinhoFerreira with Palmeiras won two Ligas (2022 and 2023), two Libertadores (2020 and 2021), one Brazilian Cup (2020), one Recopa Sudamericana (2022), one Brazilian Super Cup (2023) and two Paulista Championships (2022) and 2023).
Before reaching Palmeiras He is a complete unknown in the football world. He started his career as a coach in the youth ranks of Sporting Lisbon and then he managed Braga and the Greek PAOK.
Source: La Verdad
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