In the ANFP have remained cautious regarding the names of the candidates for the bench of La Roja, after the departure of Reinaldo Rueda.

However, during the afternoon of this Thursday on ESPN they launched a ‘bomb’ putting on the table a ‘firm’ candidate and until now unexpected for everyone.

“They tell me that one of the strong candidates is Juanma Lillo, Jorge Sampaoli’s assistant in his last stage in the Chilean team ”, revealed Fernando Solabarrieta on ESPN radio.

Point out that currently Spanish is an assistant Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

In addition, and as mentioned at the beginning, Juan Manuel Lillo worked with Sampaoli in mid-2016, when the Casildense began to negotiate his departure from the national team.

When the departure of La Roja was confirmed, Lillo went to National Athletic of Colombia as DT replacing Reinaldo Rueda, who at that time went to Flamengo.

Before being Guardiola’s assistant, the Spaniard coached at Vissel Kobe in Japan and Qingdao Huanghai in China.