Gallardo and his life after River: they give him as a candidate to lead a historic club in Europe

One of the great unknowns of this 2023 is what fate will lead to Marcellus Gallardo. The coach gave his place to Flat River after eight years, ready to face a new challenge. After participating in the Riyadh season, where he led a team of footballers to nasr and Al Hilal (among them, Cristiano Ronaldo) in a friendly against paris saint germain Of Lionel Messi, the name of the doll sounds to take charge of a European giant.

We are talking about ajaxone of the leading teams in the Netherlands and winner of four Champions Leaguethat recently fired its coach Alfred Schreuder after a string of poor results. The team failed to advance to the last 16 of the European Cup and came from six consecutive draws in the Eredivisie, going seven games without a win and being 7 points behind leaders Feyenoord.

Andhe team’s performance in the hands of the 50-year-old DT fell well short of the Dutch team’s management expectationswho hoped to continue the path of success obtained with Erik Tenhagcurrently in Manchester Utd. That’s why they decided to remove it and start looking for a successor. This is where Gallardo comes into play.

According to local media, Napoleon is one of the names in the long list of candidates to take command, and he is not the only Argentine. Maurice Pochettino and Marcelo Bielsa are other candidates to coach Ajax together with other figures such as louis vangaal, Luis Enricorespectively former technical directors of Holland and Spain at the World Cup in Qatar, Pete Bosz (led by Bayer Leverkusen and Lyon), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (last spell at United) and John Heitinga (former club player).

Whoever takes office will have the Argentine in the squad Geronimo Rollers. The world champion goalkeeper joined the Dutch from Villarreal in this transfer window in exchange for 15 million euros.