The coach of Inter Miami, Gerardo Martinoadmitted that it was difficult for him not to accept the offer of Mouth in 2023 to be the technical director, a position he then finally held Jorge Almironto succeed the laid off Hugo Ibarra in command of the first division of the soccer xeneize.
After what was the early elimination of Mexico in the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Football Council of Mouth looking for a replacement coach Hugo Ibarra and the former Mexican coach Gerardo Martino was the one targeted.
Regarding this possibility that finally did not happen, the man from Rosario declared: “I thought about it a lot, this time yes. I was out of work and at a time close to this possibility. As time goes by you see that the one you like a lot is like the last one. I thought about it because the talks were interesting, obviously we didn’t go deeper because they needed a quick answer and I tried to be as quick as possible not to accept.
“I wasn’t 100% ready to lead Boca”
“The fact of directing, even though the journey is very long, always makes you want to do it in a big club in Argentina like Boca. It always has its attraction, but if maybe it grabs you when you’re 20 years younger, you analyze a little less the pros and cons,” added the former coach of Newell’s.
Besides, Gerardo Martino expressed what he would have wanted to direct Mouth: “Also the personal situation, where I came from and how I was, yes 100 percent. They are not places to work at 99 percent because it demands a lot in the games, in the week, inside, outside and one has have to be very certain from all sides”.
Jorge Almiron was the one who ended up being Ibarra’s replacement in Mouth and the man from Rosario took the reins of the Inter Miami, a team in which he currently directs Lionel Messi. In order to continue strengthening the great team that the Florida state club was putting together, the man from Rosario confessed that he called Marcos Rojo but the Boca captain answered: “I called Rojo and he told me: ‘I’m staying in Boca.'”
Gerardo Martino and the chance to direct Di María
On the other hand, Gerardo Martino He also referred to the possibility of incorporating Angel Di Maria to the Inter Miamia rumor that arose strongly a few weeks ago, when “Fideo” decided to rule out the possibility of returning to Argentine soccer to play in Central Rosaryfor the threats he received in the city of Santa Fe.
“About Di María they mentioned a possibility to me very in passing. Nowadays I can’t imagine…”, acknowledged the “Tata” in TyC Sports. And he added: “The places where I imagine Ángel would come are occupied. We have no place in the ‘Designated Player’ (Franchise Player) and I don’t see it from that side… But then the negotiations can be done and a player that one says: ‘Hey, but wasn’t it that he had no place as a DP?'”
Finally, he left the door open: “Maybe he comes in another category, which also has an important salary, but it is not what one could have imagined,” “Tata” concluded about how what could happen could happen. Angel Di Maria to Inter Miamiwhich already has Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Source: Ambito
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