The president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), Francisco Egas, He assured this Friday that he will look for someone to replace the Argentine as soon as possible Gustavo Alfaro, who will no longer be on the tricolor bench.
“We are not going to take a long time to choose a new coach, we will analyze the folders that have come to us, which are many. It won’t be a long time, it will be days, we are going to look for a coach who will help us get further. Already the qualifying for a World Cup is an obligation”, assured egas.
The president of the EFF Thus, he broke a prolonged silence on the subject and told the radio station “La Red” that the end of the next cycle will be to develop a process “thinking of being higher up. We have good material (players)” to achieve this purpose.
Ecuadorians “want a great coach for the national team,” added the head of national soccer.
Regarding the departure of Alfaro, egas He said: “He did a great job with our team, he believed in us and in the young players, for me the process was successful. I want to keep his human quality,” he added.
He regretted the rumors that have been issued around the departure of Alfaro and he said that he is annoyed by “everything that is beginning to be woven by a part of the press.”
I strongly reject what has been said, because it is a lie that the professor asked for a salary increase,” he emphasized.
However, he said that “it is true, there is an economic issue to cover with him, but we are waiting for the money from the FIFA (for the participation of Ecuador in the World Cup) to cancel some pending awards and we have told him, that is nothing special”.
During the Interview, egas He pointed out that he would have offered a payment alternative with a prudent time to make it effective, but he stressed that the former coach did not accept because he asked that the amount owed be canceled before negotiating a possible new contract.
“When one of the parties does not want to, it can no longer be forced,” he remarked egas.
He also asserted that “Alfaro had nothing to do” with the departure of the technical secretary of the FEF, Gabriel Wainerwho ended his contract “and it was not renewed.”
Also, egas ruled out another rumor about the alleged pressure from national soccer managers to summon certain players who participated or not in the Qatar World Cup 2022.
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