FEF and Gustavo Alfaro “have decided to be released to evaluate and seek new options”

The Ecuadorian Football Federation through an official statement informs that “after a few months of conversations” with the technical director Gustavo Alfaro, “The parties have decided to be free to evaluate and seek new options for the benefit and development of their interests”.

With this pronouncement, the rector of Ecuadorian soccer slips that the Argentine DT and the leadership did not reach an agreement for the renewal of their bond or the constitution of a new contract for the next World Cup cycle (United States-Canada-Mexico 2026).

Gustavo Alfaro ‘decided not to continue’ as Ecuador coach. These would be the reasons

The announcement comes immediately after it became known in Argentina that Alfaro “decided not to continue” as Ecuador’s coach.

Gabriel Wainer, after two years at the FEF Technical Secretariat, announces the end of his contract

In the morning hours of this Thursday, the communicator César Luis Merlo, a specialist in the transfer market at the Latin American level, pointed out that Alfaro’s decision is not to return to the Tricolor bench despite the fact that “they let him know that they wanted to renew him.” contract.

“Gustavo Alfaro will not continue as coach of Ecuador. Although they let him know that they wanted to renew him, he decided not to continue because he did not see that the conditions were in place to plan for the future if things from the recently completed cycle had not been fulfilled, ”Merlo wrote on his Twitter account.

The official note states that the FEF “is proud, thanks and congratulates” the great qualifying process for the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the important participation of our players and coaching staff in the recent World Cup event.

“Secondly, we communicate to the country that, After several months of conversations between the Federation and Professor Gustavo Alfaro, “The parties have decided to be free to evaluate and seek new options for the benefit and development of their interests”it adds.

Ecuafútbol mentions that “we only have words of admiration for our extraordinary players and the process that was achieved, and thanks to Gustavo Alfaro and his team.”

“After our participation in the World Cup in Qatar, it is time to build on what we have experienced, look and get excited about the future. We will work, as a Federation, so that the dreams of our entire country come true on the courts of the world,” the statement concluded.

A month and twelve days have passed since Alfaro’s last statements to the media, after the National Team’s participation in the 2022 World Cup ended, to formally learn about the situation of the 60-year-old Argentine coach.

“Gustavo Alfaro is upset”

Through the communicator Martín Liberman, it was learned last November that Alfaro was upset with the Federation because supposedly the entity owes him (or owed) salaries. “Alfaro is very upset with the Ecuadorian Football Federation. Nobody called him, nobody contacted him, nobody paid him what he owes. They owe him salaries and prizes for having reached the World Cup. He arrived at the World Cup with a significant debt from the Federation ”the journalist slipped into space mark 90, produced in Ecuador and broadcast on YouTube. “I don’t know how much they owe him, but they owe him money,” she added.

“It seems to me from what I was able to find out on that side that he considers that there is a struggle of egos. Is Egas the lord (who presides over the FEF)? It seems that he is quite an egocentric man… Alfaro was waiting for them to call him and say: ‘Look, has he already thought about it? Does he want to stay with us? He doesn’t want to go on?’ That call never happened. So he says: ‘Well, at least the other (call) happens’, the one about ‘we want to cancel all the money we owe you’. That call didn’t happen either. Ergo. I feel that things are getting closer to ending than to returning to a good port. This is information, not an assumption.”Liberman added.

On January 9, the Quito daily Trade, published that DT Alfaro “arranges in these hours his continuity in the Ecuadorian team with the Ecuadorian Football Federation.” “But weeks ago he took a part of the furniture that he had in the house that he rented in Cumbayá, in Quito.”

as revealed The Commerce, the FEF owed money from the salaries to Gustavo Alfaro and his technical team. One of those close to the albiceleste coach would have pointed out that the accumulated amount was three months, until mid-December, plus the prize for qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

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