At CNN Sports S/A this Sunday (23), Vanderlei Luxembourg made harsh criticism of the performance of executive directors in Brazilian football clubs, highlighting the role that these professionals have occupied in recent times.
“The executive director today arrived in football to be able to occupy a space that, in my view, always belonged to technicians, Telê Santana, Zagallo, to me, Felipão. That’s why we won,” he said.
For the former commander of the national team, Brazilian football has promoted a role inversion, with executive directors assuming functions that should be the coach.
“But they created the Executive Director Association, they took up the space and stayed above the coach, as if they were the responsible. So how can you be responsible?” Asked Luxembourg.
He made a critical analysis of the impact of this structure, citing cases of constant changes of coaches, which, for him, reflects the power of executive directors.
“O, under the management of Rodrigo Caetano, exchanged eight or nine coaches. Alexandre Mattos, no, changed how many coaches? They are never responsible? But they are there, they are there for what?
CNN Sports S/A
With Vanderlei Luxembourg, it reaches the 87th edition. Presented by João Vitor Xavier, the program addresses the backstage of a billion market and is one of the most profitable in the world: sport.
On the agenda, the hottest subjects in the industry in the world of the ball, from the perspective of economics and business.
