The landscape of modern club football has changed drastically over the last few years, and any high-profile defeat or dip in form when managing one of the ‘big clubs’ in Europe causes fans at some little or major capacity to ask for the head coaches/managers to be sacked.

While this situation continues to prevail in Europe, it will no longer be an option for clubs in South America. More specifically, in Brazil since a historic rule limiting the number of times a manager can be changed per season has been implemented.

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According to the law passed by the Brazilian FA, coaches in the league can only be dismissed once per season. Moreover, they can also only step down from their jobs once per season. Should a coach step down from their post before the end of a season for two clubs, they will not be able to manage before the next season begins.

If any club has to sack two coaches in a season, they only have the power to appoint an employee of the club who has been part of the operations for six months or more to take over the first team.

Brazil football confederation (CBF) president Rogerio Caboclo has said the new rule will be “good for both clubs and coaches.”

“It will imply a more mature and professional relationship and allow for longer and more consistent work,” he said. “It is the end of the coaches’ dance in Brazilian football.”