Persija Defender Otavio Dutra Wants Salary Increase Because He Is Often A Translator At Club: I Even Dream It Bro

Persija Jakarta defender, Otavio Dutra. (Photo: Instagram @otaviodutra5_indonesia)

JAKARTA - The defender of the Indonesian League club Persija Jakarta, Otavio Dutra, now has a new "job". Even the naturalized Brazilian player asked Persija Jakarta for a salary increase related to his new job.

In an upload on Instagram @persija, the club from the capital city posted a training atmosphere that was directly led by their new coach, Angelo Alessio. Seen next to Alessio, Dutra tried to translate Alessio's instructions to the Kemayoran Tiger players.

"Bottom ball... Bottom ball...," wrote the Instagram account @persija, quoted on Saturday, June 26.

In the comments column, Dutra wrote a statement addressed to Alessio as well as to Persija. The former Persipura player praised himself for being a translator for the Italian coach.

"The language has started to be pretty good, Coach, but if you have a top translator, the salary must also increase," Dutra wrote followed with a laughing emoticon.

VOI also asked Dutra directly through a direct message on Instagram about the intent of his comment on Persija's upload on Instagram. Dutra also admitted that the comment was just a joke.

"I am used to helping foreign coaches wherever I play. I am happy to do that. I will help anyone. Thank God I have been able to speak Indonesian since 2011 and have helped many coaches and players from Brazil, Argentina, Europe, or Asia though," said Dutra.

"Earlier in the comments, I was just joking, because in training, my fellow players said that. Even the coach used to say that the club had to pay first because I can always help anyone who doesn't speak Indonesian," added the former Persebaya Surabaya defender.

Currently in the Persija squad, ahead of the 2021 season, Persija is inhabited by a number of foreign players such as Marco Motta (Italy) and Yann Motta (Brazil). Dutra said that he always helped the two players in terms of translation.

"Yes, Marco Motta and Yann Motta I helped," he said.

Years of being a translator made Dutra often experience funny events. He was often delirious when he slept at night, and his wife was a witness to what Dutra said was repeated.

"Honestly, how many times have I slept and been carried away by dreams, bro. Moreover, I speak Indonesian when I sleep and how many times my wife wakes me up, hahaha," said the defender who was born in Fortaleza Brasil, November 22, 1983.