On Tuesday at 13 Cezary Kulesza will present the new coach of the Polish national team. The main favorites for the function were Paulo Bento and Vladimir Petkovi. Although the media have been saying for several days that the team is to be taken over by the former, in Sport.pl we suggested that this information should be approached with caution. Why? This can be seen in the video below.
Fernando Santos in Warsaw. Meets Kulesza conditions
According to our information, the trail led to Portugal, but to the man who parted ways with the Portugal team a month ago. It’s about Fernando Santos, who flew to Warsaw Chopin Airport with two people on Monday. Then everyone went – probably – to meet Cezary Kulesza.
Fernando Santos reached the quarter-finals with Portugal the World Cup, losing there to Morocco. The 68-year-old coached the national team since 2014 and won the gold medal at the 2016 European Championships in France. Previously, he was a coach in the Greek national team for four years, so he meets the condition of experience in the work of a coach.
Cezary Kulesza, in an interview with Sport.pl before the weekend, when asked by us about the new coach, said: – Some will be surprised, some will be delighted. According to our information, he wanted a big name and a coach who has experience working with big names pikemen. That’s why in the last week there were talks with three candidates, but they were finalized with Santos. Bento and Petković were to wait until the weekend with the president’s decision. They didn’t know they were already in reserve at the time.
Since the end of last week, the PZPN lawyer discussed the last paragraphs of the contract with Santos’ lawyers. However, we have no information whether the contract has already been signed or whether it will take place on Monday in Warsaw.
More info coming soon.
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