He Former coach of Boca and with a vast experience in Mexican football, Ricardo La Volpe stated that it is difficult to say “no” to the La Ribera club. in relation to the possible arrival of Fernando Gago.
After last weekend’s defeat against Belgrano de Crdoba, Coach Diego Martínez resigned from his position and the Football Council immediately went out in search of a replacement. for the former Huracn and Tigre.
Among several names that were floating around in the last week, The Boca board pointed to two candidates for the position: Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Fernando Gago, both former players of the club.. However, it was the former player of Real Madrid of Spain and coach of Chivas de Guadalajara for whom he advanced and who was close to being the new technical director of Boca.
The News of Gago’s possible departure a little less than a year after his arrival at Chivas, generated a stir in Mexico and it was the former coach of Boca and the Aztec team, Ricardo La Volpe, who came out to defend the decision. from the native of Ciudadela: “It is difficult to say no to Boca. We have to understand that sometimes when coaches from outside come, they don’t come for Mexican soccer, they come for the money.“.
“The Argentine market is open to the world and many technicians who start in large teams in Argentina end up in Europe.. That’s what I’m going for, as a young coach, I see it much more (in Boca)”, added who was also world champion with the Argentine National Team in 1978.
In addition, who coached Gago in the 2006 Apertura Tournament that he lost in a tiebreaker against Estudiantes de La Plata, explained the difference between coaching the Jalisco team, for which he played in 1989 and 2014, and Xeneize where he coached 17 games: “Chivas is great, I don’t dispute it, but Argentina at the world level is something else. He goes to Boca, if he gives good results, a market could come to him, not only for Europe, but in the future he could be a coach for the National Team.” from Argentina“.
