Posted December 8, 2021 at 12:15 p.m. by GdSS updated December 8, 2021 at 12:17 pm
In place for less than a year at OM, Jorge Sampaoli has recently been contacted by Flamengo executives for a return to Brazil. But the Argentinian technician's response was final…
Appointed on the bench of OM last February following the sudden resignation of André Villas-Boas and the interim assured for several weeks by Nasser Larguet , Jorge Sampaoli now seems fully involved in the McCourt project. The Argentine coach obtained during the summer transfer window certain signatures claimed for a while ( Gerson, Luan Peres …) and he currently occupies the 3rd place of Ligue 1 with the OM . An unexpected suitor would however have tried to dislodge him from his post …
Flamengo tried Sampaoli
According to Globoesporte, the management of Flamengo would indeed have proposed to Jorge Sampaoli a return to Brazil for the course of the year 2022, but the coach of OM would have cut the discussions short and therefore intends to continue his mission in France , while his contract runs until June 2023.