Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia confirmed on Monday that he has “no doubts” about Lionel Scaloni’s succession as Albiceleste manager, despite some rumors that have surfaced in recent hours.
“I have no doubt that he will continue to be the technical director of the Argentine team.” the leader said at a press conference hosted at the Government House in San Juan Province (west of the country), where he traveled to fulfill a promise after the Qatar team was proclaimed the 2022 FIFA World Cup champion.
Tapia, who was born in Concepción (San Juan Province), has great devotion to Difunta Correa, a pagan figure adored in Argentina and Chile, to whom he promised to give her the title of world champion, for which he will visit her sanctuary this Monday.
The leader stressed that once the coach returns to Argentina from the emergency trip he had to make in the past few hours, they will finalize an agreement to keep Scaloni in charge of Albiceleste.
“Scaloni is the coach of the Argentina national team. We are both people of our word, we shook hands, we said yes to each other. He’s traveling because one of his boys didn’t have a passport and he’s coming back here to Argentina and as soon as he arrives we’ll finish it because that’s what we were talking about until yesterday,” Tapia said. .
The Albiceleste coach signs a contract with the AFA this week and has yet to be renewed.In negotiations that are expected to be difficult given that the salary of the former Deportivo de la Coruña, Racing Santander and Mallorca player has been low.
During his public speech, in which he was accompanied by San Juan Governor Sergio Uniac, President of the AFA He stressed “Gringo’s (nickname Scaloni’s) ability to build their coaching staff”, as well as the fact that Argentina did not repeat a single squad during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
“(We) are very happy with the project because there is a replacement for a long time and the best coaching staff in the world, because they showed it, ”commented Tapia.
The president also indicated that it was former coach Cesar Luis Menotti, world champion with Argentina in 1978. and the current general manager of the AFA national teams, who insisted that he give Scaloni “a contract until the end of the World Cup” and “everything went very well”.
Argentina hosted the third World Cup in its history on 18 December, having won the 1978 and 1986 championships.
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