Pedro Caixinha believes that Lee Wallace can be his Cafu.
Ahead of the opening Premiership match at Motherwell the fifth best coach in Qatar has revealed the inspiration behind his cunning plan to field five captains in his side.
The cynical might see it all as a plan to undermine the recently married Lee Wallace who missed the end of last season through injury.
Bruno Alves has been portrayed as a cross between Franco Baresi and Sergio Ramas on the back of a couple of appearances in friendly with Caixinha happy to indulge in moonbeams.
“I wanted to spread the leadership so I identified a type I learned from Scolari,” the Portuguese nonentity told the Daily Record.
“The main captain was Cafu as he was the big leader but then you have a silent guy in there who wants you to give him the ball so he can lead the team.
“We also need a guy shouting and, of course, the guy who sees everything on the pitch and organises – that’s another type of leadership.
“So with the five guys we have, I have it all together. For me it’s not important who wears the armband, even though Lee will keep it.”
The other captains are apparently Kenny Miller, Graham Dorrans and Ryan Jack.
During his 145 international caps Cafu appeared in three consecutive World Cup Finals picking up winners medals in 1994 and 2002.
Two years ago James Tavernier was regularly described as the Blue Cafu before five defeats in eight months from Celtic downgraded that comparison.
