SOCCER
Professional stated that he doesn’t want to be the target of people who don’t know anything about football: ‘This changes my desire to return’
Published on November 15, 2024 at 9:36 pm
Luxembourg participating in the Charla podcast Credit: Reproduction
Without a club since September last year after leaving Corinthians, Vanderlei Luxemburgo spoke about the continuation of his career. And he admitted: today, he no longer wants to be a football coach. The professional explained the decision during an interview with the Charla podcast, and, in a strong outburst, stated that the lack of respect has a strong relationship with the choice.
“I could think, but in reality I don’t want to go back (to being a coach). I don’t want to be a target, after everything I’ve done in football, to tarnish my image,” he said.
“You know my story, but there are a lot of people who don’t and they talk about the last 20 years of football. And they don’t know what happened to me in history, they talk a lot of nonsense, as if I were shit, without respect, without anything. I don’t want to put Luxemburgo’s name up to be discussed by a guy who doesn’t know anything about football, who supports Flamengo, Botafogo, Corinthians, who supports and starts to judge me? football”, he added.
Luxa, however, does not rule out returning to the routine of the football world. But in another role, as a club manager. However, he would have some conditions to accept such an invitation.
“If I say ‘you’re going to be responsible for football’, I would accept (returning to football). Today’s executive directors are no longer responsible for football. They are self-interested, I’m going to talk and fuck. How many coaches have changed at Flamengo with Rodrigo Caetano? A series. How many changed with Alexandre Mattos at Palmeiras? So to be responsible, you really have to be responsible.
“Forget the technician, who has a contract, you will enter the business having participation like in a company. Like in my company, where my managers and CEO’s have participation in the business, through success. Then you change. If you say, ‘Luxembourg, the football is up to you’…”, he continued.
Luxa also spoke about the importance of the youth categories and cited the examples of Palmeiras and Flamengo.
