FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group I - Poland v Hungary - PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland - November 15, 2021 Poland's coach Paulo Sousa reacts REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
WARSAW (Reuters) -Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa signed a deal to manage Rio de Janeiro club Flamengo on Wednesday, just hours after the Polish Football Association (FA) terminated his employment as national team coach.
Sousa had asked to be relieved of his duties with the Polish national team earlier this week after getting an offer from the Brazilian top-flight club, a request Polish FA president Cezary Kulesza had branded "extremely irresponsible".
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