Ricardo Gareca: “Only in the event that Gustavo Alfaro leaves definitively can I join”

Gustavo Alfaro would not renew his contract as coach of the Tricolor as a result of the dispute that took place with executives of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) due to the formation of the 26-player roster that made up the roster of the National Team that traveled to the Qatar 2022 World Cup ), a source close to the Argentine coach’s entourage and the leadership assured this newspaper ten days ago.

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The informant, who asked for his identity to be kept, said that the FEF released the list of World Cup players and the marginalization of Byron Castillo, who was the reason for the disagreement between Alfaro and several members of the board, with a notable delay on its social channels. of Ecuafútbol. The DT wanted Castillo in the final list and the leaders did not, considering a risk of a possible challenge and sanction the presence of the winger in the World Cup (the TAS determined that the footballer’s passport has false information and questioned his true nationality shortly before the start of the World Cup).

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Another point that would have caused a distancing are alleged delays in premium payments to Alfaro, for prizes from the tie, in recent days versions have leaked that ensure that there will be renewal and others that affirm that DT wants a notable increase in His annual salary (which includes his collaborators): from $1.6 million to $4 million. Neither Alfaro and Francisco Egas, president of the FEF, have given official statements.

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While Alfaro’s fate is resolved and he makes a decision to continue with his career (he questioned it after Ecuador’s 2-1 defeat against Senegal, in the goodbye of the Selection in the group stage of Qatar 2022) the name Ricardo Gareca has been mentioned as a possible replacement, but the FEF has taken it upon himself to deny that alternative.

Gareca resigned from Peru after losing the play-off with Australia, after seven years in charge. interviewed on the show very sporty the tiger Gareca referred to the Tricolor and his colleague and compatriot.

“Ecuador is a respected team. Facing Ecuador today -I experienced it firsthand- is very complicated. You have to make a great effort to be able to take something with you after that game,” said the 64-year-old strategist on the broadcast of the program from Quito.

Regarding Alfaro’s permanence, he said: “The authorities (of the FEF) must be left alone to resolve. I hope they reach an agreement. Gustavo has done a great job from every point of view. Only in the event that Gustavo leaves definitively can I join. I think he should give priority to the project that he started and that seems to me to have no end yet ”.

According to the magazine Management, from Peru, specializing in economics, “Gareca arrived in Peru in 2015 to lead the soccer team and qualify for the World Cup (Russia 2018). The salary of the Argentine DT was a little more than 308,000 dollars a month, approximately, which added up to the great figure of 3.7 million dollars a year.

Gareca got Peru into a World Cup after 36 years of absence, by qualifying for Russia 2018, and in 2019 the Inca team was a finalist in the Copa América, although the title went to Brazil. (D)