The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) confirmed on Thursday night that the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa He will be the new coach of the national team, news that had been expected for weeks and was delayed due to contract negotiations.
The confirmation of “El Loco” went around the world and did not go unnoticed on social networks, where it immediately became a trend, nor on Argentina where much of the sports press reacted to it.
Marcelo Bielsa, who has not led since his controversial departure from leedswill give his first press conference on Wednesday at 12:30 in the stadium Montevideo Centenaryreported the AUF.
Likewise, the Uruguayan Football Association is already working on what will be the debut of the Argentine coach, the second to lead the Uruguayan team after the experience of Daniel Passarella in 1999.
This will be the debut of Marcelo Bielsa
Bielsa’s first game as Celeste coach will be on June 14 against the selection of Nicaragua in Montevideo, while the second duel will take place six days later against Cuba.
The AUF marketing team is already working on what will be “popular prices” to ensure that the “stadium is full,” said Ovación. Last year, the Association took a similar step in dismissing the national team before the Qatar World Cup and the values oscillated between 330 and 1,290 pesos (8.25 to 32.25 dollars).
Marcelo Bielsa will arrive in Uruguay on Monday. He will arrive in Montevideo to sign the million-dollar contract, estimated at around 4 million dollars a year and that will link him to the national team until the 2026 World Cup.
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.
Source: Ambito
