Martín Palermo was in the last hours only one signature is missing to become a Platense coach. The nicknamed “Titan” has reached an agreement with the leaders of the Saavedra club and is very close to becoming the replacement for Omar De Felippewho left the post after playing the last date of the Professional League, while ensuring the continuity of “Squid” in the highest category.
For Palermo, if this possibility is closed, as is believed to happen, it will be the fourth experience in Argentine football. The historic Boca scorer, who will soon turn 49, began his coaching career at Godoy Cruz de Mendoza and then played at Arsenal de Sarandí, before moving internationally to take the reins of the Unión Española de Chile.
After two years in trans-Andean football, he led Pachuca to Mexico for one season. Then he went back to Chile to drive to Curicó Unido.
In September 2021, after the departure of Fernando Gago, Palermo took over the leadership of the Aldosivi de Mar del Plata, an institution where he stayed until June of this year. “You value certain things and sometimes the priorities and goals are different. It has always been difficult for me to make these decisions and it hurts, but sometimes the paths are different, ”explained the Buenos Aires native when he announced his resignation, after qualifying the team for the quarter-finals of the 2022 championship. . Cup.
Disgusted by the lack of reinforcements for a team relegated to the First National in the last tournament, he added: “I leave the club the freedom to choose the path to continue driving because I am not the one to modify some structures. Sure, I don’t know if they liked my work and what I got in Aldosivi, that’s why I left “.
Apparently, his expectations and those of the “Squid” management are now traveling in the same direction and all conditions have been given to sign a contract until December 2023.
Platense will thus add to a name of weight in Argentine football, having disposed of another figure after the end of the tournament. It is that just over a week ago he terminated Mauro Zárate’s contract, after the former Vélez showed up on social media celebrating the title won by Boca.
Martín Palermo, in the folder of several teams
In recent weeks the name of Palermo had been played in other Argentine football clubs. “In this period from my departure from Aldosivi until today, towards the end of the tournament, some job opportunities have emerged,” he admitted in a radio release in early October.
“I took this time to find out about the transition to the World Cup as well I didn’t want to take the end of a championship. This possibility that there are no coaches is a possibility to be able to lead, “he added, while confirming that he had contact, for example, with the management of Newell’s, which ultimately moved towards the appointment of Gabriel Heinze.
The former footballer, player of the World Cup in South Africa 2010, was also in the Union de Santa Fe folder, which has not yet ensured the continuity of the Uruguayan Gustavo Munúa.
A few days ago, he was even asked the possibility of driving the Bocadespite Hugo Ibarra recently establishing himself as the Professional League champion.
“I think everything takes time, I’m very intuitive about when to work. It’s about feeling loved and valued and that you believe in your work. Of course you shouldn’t leave much time when you are out of work,” he said, leaving the door open to that possibility, but insinuating that this is not the time to take that responsibility.
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Source: Clarin
