Ready to return, Tite wants to work in the Premier League – 7/6/2023 – Sport

On rest since the Brazilian team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the last World Cup, in December, Tite is ready to get back to work. Always sought after by clubs in Brazil, especially because of his success at Corinthians, he has set himself the goal of managing a European team.

If this team is from the Premier League, the elite of the English Championship, even better. “If there is a good professional opportunity, why not?”, he said, in an interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail, responding specifically about a chance in England. “I want a new challenge, and one in Europe would be very interesting for me.”

For this, the 62-year-old gaucho sought to show up-to-date knowledge. “Declan Rice… Ooooff!” he said, according to the Daily Mail transcript. “Good passer, great vision,” he added, praising the Arsenal signing, before naming Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka and Kyle Walker as some of England’s top players.

Europe is seen by the coach as the next step in his career, although there don’t seem to be, at the moment, opportunities in big clubs. He had been sought after on previous occasions, starting with Corinthians winning the world title and winning moments at the helm of Brazil, but his priority was the national team, where he spent six years.

“I don’t think about what could have been. I learned of Europe’s interest in me, but I didn’t even think about it. I was having a great time with the national team”, said Tite, who led the Brazilian team in the 2018 and 2022 editions. of the World Cup. Between the two, he had a title (2019) and a runner-up (2021) in the Copa America.

“Until the 2018 World Cup, there were big European teams that came to talk to me, but I wasn’t open to that, I was focused on the national team. I couldn’t give up that. In life, you can’t just give up something and try to take it again. When you have something, you have to hold on to it, because you don’t know what will happen if you let go,” he said.

The dream was the world title, but the journey, in both attempts, was interrupted in the quarterfinals, against Belgium and Croatia. The periods leading up to the two World Cups were considered highly positive, with overwhelming campaigns in the Qualifiers, but the performance and choices made on the big stage earned criticism.

“Being the coach of Brazil, the pressure is very high. The responsibility is very strong, intense,” he said, unsurprisingly about the negative comments made about his work at the World Cup in Qatar. “It’s a characteristic of being a coach in Brazil. If you don’t win, it’s a tragedy.”

That’s why Tite left the national team worn out.

“I was tired. My energy was gone, it was a long period with the national team, a long process. After that great time, at that moment [ao fim da Copa], I felt the weight of this wear and tear. It was time to get out a little. But soon I was watching the Boxing Day games. My wife started screaming: ‘Stop, Tite, stop!’ “, she laughed.

Strategically recalled in the interview, Boxing Day is the traditional December 26th round of English football, where Tite wants to work. With the blessing of the Rosmari woman, Rose, who no longer asks the gaucho to stop playing football. “Three months ago, my wife told me to go back to work!”