Rogerio Ceni does not guarantee stay in São Paulo in 2022

Idol of the club, coach Rogério Ceni did not guarantee his stay at São Paulo after the end of this season.

Relieved with the victory of his team by 3-1 over Juventude this Monday (6), Ceni thanked the club and the fans, but showed concern for the future of São Paulo, which is going through a financial crisis. Although your contract is valid until December of next year.

“What was done today is a relief, but São Paulo deserves much more than spending a year like 2021. I have no plans for 2022,” stated Ceni, during a press conference at Morumbi. “We have three more days here yet, and 2022 will be ahead.”

With 48 points added, the tricolor team, six times champion of the Brazilian, ran the risk of suffering its first relegation.

In addition to escaping the fall, São Paulo occupies the 13th position and guaranteed a place in the next edition of the Sul-Americana.

The tricolor team says goodbye to Nacional on Thursday (9) against América-MG, at 21:30, in Belo Horizonte.

“It’s one thing for you to fall, it’s another thing to be demoted with the team you’ve left your whole life working on. It’s different when you have a bond. I knew about the difficult situation, I didn’t imagine it was so complicated, but I just accepted come because it was São Paulo. I feel like it was my home. It’s not the place where São Paulo should be,” said Ceni, who ended last season as Brazilian champion with Flamengo.

The coach returned to São Paulo on October 13th to replace Argentine Hernán Crespo. With the predecessor, the tricolor team won the São Paulo Championship after fasting for nine years, but went into crisis at the Nacional.

This is the coach’s second visit to the club he has worked for from the youth teams. In 2017, in his first experience as a commander, he ran the team for seven months and was fired in July.

After leaving São Paulo, Ceni worked at Fortaleza, Cruzeiro and Flamengo. In the Ceará team, he won the B Series (2018), the Northeast Cup (2019) and the Ceará Championship (2019 and 2020). In Rio de Janeiro, he took the Brazilian Championship (2020), the Super Cup in Brazil (2021) and the State Championship in Rio de Janeiro (2021).