Marcelo Gallardo assured that he was never offered to be a coach of the National Team and detailed what should happen to lead Argentina

Oscar Ruggeri’s question opened a door for a moment of reflection from a Marcelo gallardo who spoke of the Argentine team like never before. He remarked that no one ever offered him technical leadership as has been rumored and assured that he has the desire to take the reins of the Albiceleste at some point.

“I would love to be the coach of the national team in the future. It is a wish of every coach. I do not look at the age, but both parties have to coincide “, was what declared in ESPN the Doll, after saying that he feels fully prepared for what he experienced as a River driver and the experiences he already had. Unlike Diego Simeone, who believes that his moment will be when he is more veteran in the coaching career, Gallardo pointed out: “Age is a particular, personal thought, we do not all think the same but it is respectable. It is difficult to separate from the adrenaline of the day to day but when there is something else of the size of the National Team. With time, he is pleasant and seduces any coach, clearly ”.

“It will be given when it has to be given. When they go to look for you and they love you. No matter how much the Selection, there must be a plan, a project, people prepared. It is the Selection, yes, but at what price? Whoever comes looking for you to lead must say where we are going, what they want me to do, beyond telling them what I feel and want. If I don’t see ideas, projects or where to go, ‘guys, come find me when you really know’ and not to cover a well or hole ”, was another of his sentences.

The 45-year-old DT denied that at some point an AFA executive had approached to offer him the position in the national team: “No one ever called me, let it be clear. The topic ends there. Because afterwards it is like I refused, they offered it to me and I didn’t want to, it’s a lie. We did not coincide with the times, I was very dedicated to my task in River, but I deny that there have been contacts or someone proposed it to me “.

Is it true that you rejected Barcelona? “I have had offers from some clubs in Europe, I am not going to mention which ones because I am here anyway. One is interested and curious to go there. I would like to develop my career in other places tomorrow, but at that time my commitment was and will continue to be with River until my contract ends, ”was his reply.

Continuously, he exemplified with the 16-year process in Germany with Joachim Löw in charge and insisted: “That is something serious. A project that really establishes and develops. We are far from that, but it is the way to go ”. It was the first time that Gallardo publicly fantasized about the idea of ​​directing the national team: “What seduces me the most is when the moments of the World Cups, the America’s Cup, those short competitions in which you spend a month focused on the same thing come. Lifting a World Cup is what any coach dreams of. Sometimes I wake up and say ‘will I ever have that?’ It awakens me a lot of desire and curiosity, I know that at some point I will have that possibility. I am 45 years old, hopefully at some point we can coincide”.

Before referring to the chances of directing Argentina, Gallardo had referred to his position at River: “I am aware of the place I represent, where I belong and the importance of my role in this enormous structure. Also of the affection and enormous respect of the people, to whom I think I returned with work and make them feel represented beyond the result. I feel very good, enjoying myself after so many years. And it is something that is really worth highlighting, in such a difficult panorama and context for everyone in Argentina and in general that the world is going through with this pandemic that has to mistreat us ”. And he concluded: “We are doing a preseason in a country where things are almost normalized, working under these conditions is a great possibility. How am I going to be? I have to be fine. “

At the same time, he mentioned how they overcame at River the wear and tear that takes so long driving (he has been a team technician for 7 consecutive years): “Coexistence is not usually easy when you are subjected to a permanent routine, this wears out anyone. We have had the intelligence to know how to take care of each one of the places that correspond. Working like this (together with Rodolfo D’Onofrio and the rest of the leadership) was one of the merits we have had ”.

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