The Argentine coach will take the reins of the Celeste with his eyes set on qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
the argentinian coach Marcelo Bielsa accepted the conditions presented by the Uruguayan Football Association (WOW) on April 27 and gave its approval to the entity’s Executive Committee through its lawyers. It is expected that, in the next few hours, the Rosario sign the contract that is about 4 million dollars a year.
The annual amount, in which taxes generated by the agreement are includedencompasses its technical management collaborators and means more than 330 thousand dollars monthly. It is estimated that due to the vacancy of DT in the national team between December 2022 and last April, the AUF was able to save 1 million dollars that will help to face the expensive contract.
Bielsa will arrive at the national team with two technical assistants, two analysts and an injury recovererin turn, it was confirmed that the goalkeeper coach will be the former Uruguayan soccer player carlos nicolaso it only remains to confirm the physical trainer, who is also defined as being Uruguayan, although Bielsa will have the last word.
The DT was open to some of his collaborators being Uruguayan, as long as they had previously worked at the AUF, since this would allow him to better assimilate his new environment.
“It is not a normal contract,” they assured from AUF
In dialogue with Underlined, the member of the executive committee of the AUF, Jorge Casalesexplained that the one from Bielsa, “this is not a normal contract” by including some unusual contingencies, where tax conditions weighed heavily
In turn, he explained that the lengthy negotiations with the Argentine, mostly via Zoom, began in March and lasted longer than expected due to these contract issues.
It is expected that the coach, whose first basic objective will be to carry out Uruguay to the next World Cup Mexico/United States/Canada 2026, arrive in the country this weekend. In that case, it would be officially presented next week, possibly at the Centenario stadium.
As already confirmed, the team’s debut will be in June, with friendlies against Cuba and Nicaragua. After these friendly FIFA dates, it will be officially released on the double qualifying date in September, against the selection of Chili and of Ecuador.
Source: Ambito
