Santos forwards agreement with Diego Aguirre until the end of the season

O saints is very close to making his new coach official. Hours after making the departure of Paulo Turra official, the team from São Paulo lined up a deal with the Uruguayan Diego Aguirre to be the team’s coach until December 2023. Estadãoeverything is right between the club and the coach and the only thing missing is the signature of the contract.

Diego Aguirre started the 2023 season in charge of Olimpia, from Paraguay. Despite an excellent participation in the Copa Libertadores, qualifying for the round of 16 as leader of its group, the team failed to match in the national championship and the Uruguayan coach was fired in the last month.

Aguirre arrives to be Santos’ third coach of the year. After starting the season with Odair Hellmann, the team from São Paulo had a period of just seven games with Paulo Turra and now chooses the Uruguayan as coach. I live only in the Brasileirão, the Vila Belmiro team is going through one of its worst moments of the year.

With a victory in 12 games, the team will end Sunday in 17th place in the national championship, within the relegation zone. With 18 points in 18 rounds, Santos is fighting not to be relegated for the first time in its history. The team will play again next Sunday, against Fortaleza, away from home, and the game could be Aguirre’s debut in charge of the team.