Andrés Ibarra, Macri’s candidate to fight the leadership of Ameal-Riquelme in Boca

Mauricio Macri still does not know if he will be a candidate for president of the nation in next year’s elections. But he believes that the current management is “ruining” Boca Juniors. And he wants to influence again, through one of his most trusted menAndrés Ibarra, who has launched his candidacy for president of the xeneize club for the next elections.

Andrés Ibarra was general manager in the management of Macri in Boca, with whom he wrote the book “Passion and Management, keys of the Macri cycle in Boca”. He was also minister of modernization and deputy chief of staff in his own national government. He was in charge of the marketing department in Daniel Angelici’s first xeneize administration. And before consulting Clarionehe clarified that he has no family ties with the current technical director of Boca, Hugo Ibarra.

Andrés Ibarra is in campaign mode, despite having spent more than a year for the elections in the xeneize club, which will take place at the end of 2023, almost simultaneously with the presidential elections. He knows it will not be easy to undermine the current management of Juan Román Riquelme and Jorge Amor Ameal, despite the fractured relationship between them.

“Riquelme’s management is taking us into a risky situation. There is a lot of autocracy with one person running the whole club. No football leader or idol can be above the club, “Ibarra said Clarione.

“Riquelme’s management is taking us into a risky situation. There is a lot of autocracy with one person running the whole club. No football leader or idol can be above the club, “Ibarra told Clarin.

Ibarra differentiates this current administration from that of Mauricio Macri, which he was “the most glorious historical management, of greater international prestige and with the best results that Boca has had in all its history, with the greatest economic strength to support all this. Which was then strengthened during the management of Angelici, who did a great job of infrastructure and young people. Unfortunately, four tournaments have been won, but not the Libertadores. And that was a major factor in losing the election, “Ibarra said.

Macri was very hard against Riquelme, last March, when a boy asked him about the present of Boca, at Expoagro. “Don’t you realize it’s ruining us? It is one thing to know how to put the ball and another to lead a club, “he said on that occasion.

Now close to Macri they highlighted to Clarín the former president’s support for Ibarra’s candidacy, who is a Boca fan and has accompanied the Macri for more than 40 years. Initially, under the guidance of the owner of the holding, Franco. And when Mauricio became independent from his father, Ibarra accompanied him with important positions in Boca Juniors, in the city of Buenos Aires and in the national government.

“Pushed by Mauricio, I decided to launch my candidacy, because I want to recover what was the identity of Boca as a club of the first international hierarchy, based on a professional, orderly management, with roles in every area and which translates into sporting success “, said Ibarra, in an exclusive dialogue with Clarione.

According to his vision, which will also make it possible to finance “the rest of Boca’s activities”such as amateur football, cultural activities and actions in the neighborhood.

Some of his other proposals include “integrated work with youth football” and “adding a prestigious name” to the Bombonera stadium. Also expand the stadium, “in an urban project which includes improvements in accesses and parking spaces, in consultation with the partner and the Boca fan “.

“Recovering the mystique of the team in Boca. A management team, of players, of a club, with a lot of passion and management ”, he summarized his proposalthe presidential candidate of the xeneize club.

“Mauricio expressed his confidence in my candidacy, his support. And I add my conviction, my commitment and my desire. This is how this project was born, which today is starting to receive a lot of support from different leaders, groups, people of the club, “said Ibarra.

The night before the interview with ClarioneIbarra had a meeting with the Boca Primero groupwhere he outlined his main projects and listened to requests from partners and leaders.

He is also talking with the groups referred to by Daniel Angelici, former president of Boca. And he is willing to dialogue “with everyone” who can support his project, such as former vice president Mario Pergolini, who will try to add, among others.

He would also like to be close to the former idol players of Boca, like Martín Palermo, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Rolando Schiavi, Sebastián Battaglia and Carlos Tevez.

“Attentive to what is happening today, I want to drive an attractive platform for the member recover that mysticism of Boca, with a lot of passion and managementconcluded Ibarra.

Together with his Boquense passion, Ibarra continues to work as a communications consultant. Last week he launched the Digital Development Observatory, within the Open and Digital Country Foundation, which he presides, as a former Minister of Modernization in Macri’s efforts in the city of Buenos Aires and nationally.