It has been revealed that the manager spoke with BlueCo earlier this year, but the talks were not as he had planned, and it has now backfired on him.
On New Year's day, Enzo Maresca unexpectedly left his post as Chelsea manager 18 months into the job, with it still not being set in stone whether or not he walked out of the job, or was simply just sacked by the board.
Either way, he was replaced by Liam Rosenior of Strasbourg, Chelsea's sister club, in a two-game stint as interim boss.
In the end, Rosenior was replaced at the Ligue 1 side, also owned by BlueCo, by former AFC Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O'Neil, who has enjoyed a solid start to life on the French border.
However, things may have been a little different in a surprise turn of events. Indeed, as reports in Brazil are stating, former Chelsea left-back Filipe Luis spoke to BlueCo back in January.
The 40-year old thought he was speaking to them regarding the vacancy left by Maresca, but he soon found out that it was to the view of replacing Rosenior at Strasbourg instead.
Once this became clear to Luis, he decided to walk away from the negotiations and turned his attention back to Flamengo, but it was clear he had angered Flamengo. As proven by his shock sacking from the club this morning, despite winning 8-0 last night, and having swept up nearly all the trophies possible since he took over in late 2024.
Not only was the job he was interested in - Chelsea - not actually possible for him, but his employers at the time have now got rid of him, making it an awkward situation for the former Brazil international.
In the past, Luis had been public with his wishes to one day coach in Europe, and there has been talk that he was speaking to other European clubs, as well as his conversations with BlueCo.
Nevertheless, he is clearly a very good coach. In 101 games as Flamengo manager, he picked up 64 wins, at a rate of over 2 points per game. He won the Brasileiro Serie A, Copa do Brasil, Supercopa do Brasil, Campeonato Carioca, and Copa Libertadores during his 16 or so months in charge of the team, all whilst playing very attractive football.
His team were the only ones to beat Chelsea at the Club World Cup last summer, and they were also very competitive against Bayern Munich - so it is clear he is ready for the jump to European football. Perhaps we will see him in the Stamford Bridge dugout one day.
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