"Matos wants fellow Portuguese Diogo Medeiros, his former Maritimo number two, coach Toze Mendes and analyst and coach Goncalo Ricca on his staff at Swansea. But 10 days after Matos was appointed successor to Alan Sheehan, the Welsh club are still waiting for news on whether the trio will be cleared to work in Wales. "It's something that is not in the control of the club," Matos said. "It's a legal process that came with Brexit, so that's the problem.""
"The United Kindgom left the European Union in 2020, ending the automatic right for European Union citizens to live and work in the UK. Matos, who spent five years on Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool coaching staff after joining in 2019, added: "I was here [working] a long time before so I was completely fine. The staff [were] not, so they need to go through all the process and this process takes time.""
"Swansea require clearance from the Home Office and the Football Association before they can appoint Medeiros, Mendes and Ricca. Matos acknowledged that while he remains hopeful that his former colleagues will eventually join him in the Swansea dugout, the club "don't know" for sure if that will happen. "We did everything they (the relevant authorities) asked us for and that's how it is," Matos added. "Now it needs to be the panel to make a decision and we wait for that.""
Vitor Matos has requested fellow Portuguese Diogo Medeiros, former Maritimo number two, coach Toze Mendes and analyst-coach Goncalo Ricca to join his Swansea City staff. Ten days after his appointment as Alan Sheehan's successor, Swansea are still awaiting Home Office and Football Association clearance for the trio because of post-Brexit legal immigration processes. Matos highlighted that the clearance is not controlled by the club and that the process takes time. He has been working with existing staff including Kristian O'Leary and Martyn Margetson, with Leon Britton and Joe Allen joining temporarily. The club awaits a panel decision.
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