Polish FA had been unhappy at Sousa’s request to leave role‘I am to represent a club as incomparably great as Flamengo’The Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa signed a deal to manage the Rio de Janeiro club Flamengo late on Wednesday, shortly after the Polish
Football Association terminated his employment as national team coach.
Sousa had asked to be relieved of his duties with the Poland team earlier this week after getting an offer from the Brazilian top-flight club, a request the Polish FA president, Cezary Kulesza, had branded “extremely irresponsible”. However, Kulesza said on Wednesday the FA had taken the decision to part ways with the former Sporting and Benfica midfielder.