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The replacement for Reinaldo Rueda remains a mystery. After a massive list of candidates to assume the bank of The Red Today, less than two months after the return from Qualifiers to Qatar 2022, the position remains vacant.
This last week everything pointed to Matías Almeyda He would be the chosen one, but the delay in the negotiations and his exit clause (3 million dollars) have the former River Plate further away than close to Chile.
With no more international options, the ANFP and the Federation’s search now points to technicians from the national media where, who have taken the advantage, are José Luis Sierra and Ronald Fuentes.
But, great influence on the fact that it is a Chilean coach who can reach the bench of the ‘team of all’, is Arturo vidal.
The ‘King’, it is worth remembering, published a list of Chilean coaches on his social networks, highlighting that “I don’t understand why they are looking for coaches outside of Chile, having several Chilean DTs who work quite well.”
Juan José Ribera, José Luis Sierra, Miguel Ponce, the duo Héctor Tapia and Miguel Riffo, Ronald Fuentes and Jaime Vera were named by the Inter Milan midfielder.
But now, according to La Tercera, Vidal went a step further and communicated directly with the ANFP authorities to express their desire that a national coach take the reins of La Roja.
“We travel thousands of kilometers”
According to the aforementioned media, last weekend, when at the Quilín headquarters they did everything possible to close the negotiations with Matías Almeyda, a call came from Italy.
“Arturo found out about the candidates for the position and rightly asked why the new coach had to be a foreigner. And he argued that in Chile there were good candidates for the position ”, revealed a close to the ‘King’.
“On the other side they told him that it was a way to give the national team some added value,” explained the aforementioned source, who provided details of the conversation.
Later, Vidal said that the players were very concerned about the slow search for DT for La Roja. “Arturo replied that they as players would also like to know how the issue is going, especially because they are the ones who travel thousands of kilometers to play for the national team “, detailed the one close to the wheel.
“Coincidence or not, the delay in the arrival of Matías Almeyda and the impossibility of having Plan B -Hernán Crespo- have made the ANFP change the focus of its candidates,” they concluded from the morning.
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