Fernando Santos can be happy. He will receive a huge bonus from the Polish Football Association
Fernando Santos will certainly be happy with Poland's advancement to Euro 2024. According to sport.pl, the Portuguese will receive a huge bonus.
The Polish national team, led by Michał Probierz, advanced to Euro 2024. In the final of the play-offs, the Polish team defeated Wales. The winners had to be decided by penalty kicks. The greatest hero in them was Wojciech Szczęsny, who defended the decisive penalty from James.
Fernando Santos will receive a bonus for Poland's advancement to Euro 2024
The Polish national team came under considerable criticism for not qualifying directly for Euro 2024 after the qualifying rounds. Much of this is due to Fernando Santos, who was unable to organize this team, which resulted in tragedies, e.g. in the match against the Czech Republic (two goals conceded in three minutes and a defeat 1:3) and Moldova (lost 2:3 despite leading 2: 0).
Although Polish players, fans and activists will not remember Fernando Santos well, looking from the other perspective, the Portuguese will certainly be happy with Poland's advancement to the European Championship. Why? Because according to information revealed by Kacper Sosnowski from the Sport.pl portal, the coach will earn less than a million zlotys for this.
“In order not to discuss the issue of players' bonuses, I will only write that on the occasion of promotion to the Euro, in accordance with the agreement when parting with the Polish Football Association, Fernando Santos will receive 25% of the promotion bonus specified in the contract. It will be approximately 775 thousand. zlotys. It will be useful for tax arrears,” the journalist wrote on Twitter.
Fernando Santos's farewell to Poland
Fernando Santos ceased to be the coach of the Polish national team on September 13, 2023. – I would like to thank coach Santos for working with our national team and I wish him good luck in his next sports challenges – said Cezary Kulesza, quoted by pzpn.pl.
– Although we are ending our cooperation, I am grateful for having led the Polish national team and I wish all the best to Poland and its people, who welcomed me so well when I lived here – echoed the Portuguese. Since January 7, 2024, the 69-year-old has been the coach of Turkish Besiktas.
