ANDThe confirmation of Paulo Fonseca as Sporting’s new coach has been waiting for hours. THE Sport at the Minute You know that the Portuguese coach has terminated his contract with French side Olympique Lyon and that it should be finalized this Tuesday. As soon as the process is completed, the Portuguese-Angolan has an open path to head to Alvalade.
But there is more information about this dossier. Paulo Fonseca arrives at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon, around dinner time, more precisely at 7:55 pm, minutes after Sporting finished their visit to Shakhtar Donetsk’s loaned home, which is valid for the fourth round of the single league phase of the Champions League.
After completing the formalities, Paulo Fonseca knows what Sport at the Minutewill sign a contract with Sporting that is valid until June 2030, that is, for around three and a half seasons. In recent days, it had already been written that those responsible for the Alvalade club had shown openness to match the salary that Paulo Fonseca currently earns at the helm of Olympique Lyon, situated between 350 and 400 thousand euros per month, a scenario that will be to his liking.
Regarding the operation itself, our newspaper found that Sporting will even pay compensation of five million euros to rescue Paulo Fonseca from Lyon.
The technical team that accompanies you and the calendar that follows
As had already been revealed by the Sport at the Minute In due time, Paulo Fonseca will be accompanied by Paulo Ferreira (assistant coach), António Ferreira (goalkeeping coach), Paulo Mourão (physical trainer) and Nelson Duarte (analyst), to begin his journey at Sporting in the next few days. The only member who does not come to Lisbon is Jorge Maciel, who will stay in Lyon, in order to serve as interim coach until the French team finds a suitable replacement for Paulo Fonseca.
Once the agreement between the two parties has been sealed, Paulo Fonseca should make his debut on the green and white bench next Sunday, at 8:30 pm (Mainland Portugal time), at the José Alvalade Stadium, in the match of the 11th round of the I League, against Moreirense, where the team is prohibited from wavering again, at the risk of seeing the current ‘gap’ of nine points for the leader, FC Porto, increase even further.
At the beginning of the following week, the break for national team commitments begins, before the lions resume the game with consecutive duels with União da Serra (for the Portuguese Cup), Manchester United (for the Champions League) and FC Porto (for the I League), which could prove to be decisive on all fronts.
