The president of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), Ramon Jesurundescribed this Tuesday as “completely false news” the versions about the entity’s interest in hiring the coach of Peru, Ricardo Gareca, or to Ecuador, Gustavo Alfaroreplacing Reinaldo Wheel.
The Colombian coach left office on Monday.
“It is completely false news. We have not had any contact with anyone, much less with technicians who today have a contractual relationship with teams qualified for the World Cup. The versions that have come out, I repeat, have no basis,” Jesurún told the press
“I don’t know about (former Argentina coach Marcelo) Bielsa, there are no approaches today with any technician, Professor Rueda just happened yesterday. Everything that is said until today is pure speculation,” he added.
Wheel He left office after the coffee team could not qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the FCF has assured that it analyzes the “existing options or those that will exist” to fill this gap in the technical direction left by who had replaced the ex-technical of Real Madrid Carlos Queiroz at the end of 2020.
In that line, Jeshurun he stressed: “it was a consensual decision, which was previously established”.
“He himself showed his desire to step aside and it was a painful, difficult moment, because it was also about the human being that he represents. And well, the result of not achieving the goal we all had of qualifying for the Copa del World,” explained the manager.
Jeshurun assured that the idea is to find “an ideal person” to replace Wheel“hopefully with experience in managing selections.”
“You know that football is one, but it is not the same to manage selections or calls for selections to normal technicians, but anyone can embody the figure to address this selection. In any case, it is important that you know our football, our players,” he stressed.
Finally, he said that the idea is to have the new coach defined before the Qatar World Cup, but, he clarified, that “if it is not done, the eventuality of being able to do it at the end of the year is contemplated.”
“The idea of the executive committee is to be in search of a coach who meets all the profiles that we consider to be important for a good role to be fulfilled in these next four years,” he concluded.
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