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Coach answers questions submitted by visitors to Flamengo's official website.
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Last Saturday (October 23.10), Flamengo's official website published the first part of an exclusive interview with coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo, where he spoke about the current moment of the red-and-black team, the challenge of taking over the team of his heart, and his passion for the club from Gávea. This Tuesday (October 26.10), the Flamengo.Com.Br team will release the second part of the interview.
In these answers, Luxemburgo gives hints of what he envisions for the next season, explains his involvement in the youth categories and the completion of the works at Ninho do Urubu, and emphasizes the importance of working professionally in the upcoming season.
Check out the second part of the chat below:
PLANNING FOR 2011
Are you already thinking about signing players for next year? How do you plan to attract athletes?
Today, you can't convince a player to come to Flamengo simply because it's Flamengo. There has to be a project, it has to be a professional endeavor. Our project, after the end of this year, is for a year and a half. For the group that starts in January, the project is to get Flamengo into the 2011 Libertadores Cup. But for that, I need to talk to the players and their agents. I can't agree on a project and then have the player interrupt it halfway through. It has to have a beginning, middle, and end. We have to make it clear to them that they will stay at Flamengo until the end of the project, and the agent can only bring offers at the end of the 'agreement'.
YOUTH CATEGORIES
Do you plan to make greater use of players who came through Flamengo's youth system?
It has always been Flamengo's tradition to use players well, but it's important to have players to use them. You don't have to use them. Only if they have quality. We're going to create a project for that, to strengthen the youth team. I brought in Marlon, I brought Rafinha, we have Galhardo, Welinton playing... Whoever has quality will certainly be used to the fullest.
What can be done for Flamengo to once again become a great breeding ground for talented players, as it was during your playing days?
We need to make progress in youth development. We have to find partners and direct the work. Adapt everything to the reality of current football. These partners will have a stake in the players, yes, but they will also participate in their costs. Flamengo won the youth championship last week, but needs to improve the physical and physiological aspects of the boys. In two years, these athletes should already be in the first team. We need a professional to make this connection between the youth system and the professional team. São Paulo has that. He has to monitor the boys, pass everything on to me and, in addition, find these partners. The responsibility is mine, but I won't be there every day.
Will you have any interference with the work being done at the base? If so, what will you do?
Yes, I will interfere. For example, I brought Rafinha into the team's training camp last week. I took him and William to train with the professionals and then told Isaías (Tinoco) to call him. I told him to call the boy to the training camp. I heard the boy almost fainted when he heard the news. But he went. At the hotel, I told him there was no need for him to imitate Neymar's style. I told him that I'm already a grandfather, I understand this business of young people. I told him to ditch the mohawk and create his own character. Do anything else with your hair, but be yourself, be original. That's cool. Besides, Flamengo accepts this culture of valuing homegrown players very well.
TRAINING CENTER
What do you plan to set up at Flamengo's training center in the short term?
Our primary focus is the team: winning games, getting the team out of this situation, and growing. But with the training center in mind, the first approach was to come here and create our workplace. Now it's about putting in the minimum necessary infrastructure to be here.
Will you be acting as a consultant on this project?
I committed to this. I really enjoy football management, this project of building the training center, and all of that is part of the planning for my hiring.
How soon do you expect to see a significant change in CT?
I have a two-year contract. These first two months will be for analysis so that, next year, we can start creating a good quality structure and also think more carefully about the team in the long term.
Click here to see the first part of the interview, published last Saturday.
In these answers, Luxemburgo gives hints of what he envisions for the next season, explains his involvement in the youth categories and the completion of the works at Ninho do Urubu, and emphasizes the importance of working professionally in the upcoming season.
Check out the second part of the chat below:
PLANNING FOR 2011
Are you already thinking about signing players for next year? How do you plan to attract athletes?
Today, you can't convince a player to come to Flamengo simply because it's Flamengo. There has to be a project, it has to be a professional endeavor. Our project, after the end of this year, is for a year and a half. For the group that starts in January, the project is to get Flamengo into the 2011 Libertadores Cup. But for that, I need to talk to the players and their agents. I can't agree on a project and then have the player interrupt it halfway through. It has to have a beginning, middle, and end. We have to make it clear to them that they will stay at Flamengo until the end of the project, and the agent can only bring offers at the end of the 'agreement'.
YOUTH CATEGORIES
Do you plan to make greater use of players who came through Flamengo's youth system?
It has always been Flamengo's tradition to use players well, but it's important to have players to use them. You don't have to use them. Only if they have quality. We're going to create a project for that, to strengthen the youth team. I brought in Marlon, I brought Rafinha, we have Galhardo, Welinton playing... Whoever has quality will certainly be used to the fullest.
What can be done for Flamengo to once again become a great breeding ground for talented players, as it was during your playing days?
We need to make progress in youth development. We have to find partners and direct the work. Adapt everything to the reality of current football. These partners will have a stake in the players, yes, but they will also participate in their costs. Flamengo won the youth championship last week, but needs to improve the physical and physiological aspects of the boys. In two years, these athletes should already be in the first team. We need a professional to make this connection between the youth system and the professional team. São Paulo has that. He has to monitor the boys, pass everything on to me and, in addition, find these partners. The responsibility is mine, but I won't be there every day.
Will you have any interference with the work being done at the base? If so, what will you do?
Yes, I will interfere. For example, I brought Rafinha into the team's training camp last week. I took him and William to train with the professionals and then told Isaías (Tinoco) to call him. I told him to call the boy to the training camp. I heard the boy almost fainted when he heard the news. But he went. At the hotel, I told him there was no need for him to imitate Neymar's style. I told him that I'm already a grandfather, I understand this business of young people. I told him to ditch the mohawk and create his own character. Do anything else with your hair, but be yourself, be original. That's cool. Besides, Flamengo accepts this culture of valuing homegrown players very well.
TRAINING CENTER
What do you plan to set up at Flamengo's training center in the short term?
Our primary focus is the team: winning games, getting the team out of this situation, and growing. But with the training center in mind, the first approach was to come here and create our workplace. Now it's about putting in the minimum necessary infrastructure to be here.
Will you be acting as a consultant on this project?
I committed to this. I really enjoy football management, this project of building the training center, and all of that is part of the planning for my hiring.
How soon do you expect to see a significant change in CT?
I have a two-year contract. These first two months will be for analysis so that, next year, we can start creating a good quality structure and also think more carefully about the team in the long term.
Click here to see the first part of the interview, published last Saturday.
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