In addition to having purchased a property in Montevideo y to take periodic walks along the Rambla, where he receives the recognition of the people, Marcelo Bielsa can deepen your bond with Uruguay with a possible appointment to lead the selected charrúa The advanced steps were taken by Argentine media, while in Uruguay caution is maintained, since the president of the Football Association (AUF), Ignatius Alonso, is in favor of renewing the contract Diego Alonso, separated following the World Cup in Qatarin which La Celeste was eliminated in the group stage.
If an agreement is reached, Bielsa I would sign until the end of the playoffs, with an automatic extension if they qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Radio Universal, from Montevideo, reported Uruguay’s interest and that there has already been an approach, but that the economic differences are important, and that there should be a reduction from the technician in his claims to sign.
El Loco has been inactive for more than a year, when it was sacked from Leeds following a series of five defeats. Earlier this year he was contacted by Everton, from the Premier League, which was in the relegation position, but there was no understanding because the coach intended to do a job with the Under 21 category first and assume the first division next season.
In the last few hours Andre Gignac, front of Tigers of Mexico, He recommended the hiring of Bielsa to the leaders. The Frenchman knows him for having been under his orders in Olympic Marseille.
During the recent friendlies once morest Japan (1-1) and South Korea (2-1), Uruguay was managed on an interim basis by Marcelo Broli, who is in charge of the Sub-20.
The appointment of a new coach in Uruguay was delayed due to political obstacles so that Ignacio Alonso would continue leading the AUF. The leader had presented himself for a new term for an election that was contested by the opposition from Penarol that finally has no representatives within the AUF.
Alonso did not want to advance in negotiations until he was confirmed in office, as it finally happened. The president is in favor of the continuity of Diego Alonso, who has very little public consensus for Celeste’s proposals in the World Cup and because he has not given explanations since he returned from Qatar.
On March 10, the leader had said regarding Diego Alonso: “He continues to have strength. When he was appointed, he was clearly our candidate. And today he is still my number one candidate. He is also the candidate of Giordano (Technical Secretary of the National Team), who presented a report in December on Alonso’s management and it was really positive. We continue to have the confidence in him that we had in December, That didn’t change.”
The resistance to Diego Alonso is in the new members of the Executive Council of the AUF, where in the last hours two other Argentine coaches were offered: Gustavo Alfaro and Jorge Sampaoli.
After separating from Leeds, Bielsa accompanied the candidacy of Iñaki Arechabaleta for the presidency of the Atlhetic Bilbao, whom he directed between 2011 and 2013. Finally, in the elections Jon Uriarte won, who chose Ernesto Valverde for the technical direction. In his downtime, he gave talks at Coverciano, the prestigious Italian training center for technical directors, and in Warsaw, where before the World Cup he spoke regarding the Polish national team, which was Argentina’s rival in Qatar.
In the last hours, Bielsa reached an economic agreement with Olympique Marseille, where he was between 2014 and 2015, for a debt of three million euros that the Argentine DT had prosecuted.
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