Economic issue would distance Ricardo Gareca from Ecuador; February 15 could be decisive

The issue of the interest of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) for the Argentine Ricardo Gareca to assume the technical direction of Ecuador has become a novel that is still uncertain if it will have a happy ending for both parties.

After the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the contract between Ecuafútbol and Gustavo Alfaro came to an end and after several days of uncertainty it was officially announced that the albiceleste would not continue in office.

Then it was Gareca himself who acknowledged rapprochements with the FEF leadership and had anticipated that he did not want to raise “expectations” regarding his possible arrival.

However, the economic aspect would alienate Tigre de la Tri, since according to a source consulted by a Quito newspaper, he pointed out that the organization cannot be “mortgaged”.

“The FEF has allocated an average of USD 2.2 million and USD 2.5 million annually in hiring the coaching staff of the Ecuadorian National Team, in the last three years. Therefore, they do not want to cross that barrier,” said the Quito newspaper Trade.

“Given this, the option of joining the Argentine Ricardo Gareca, a coach who in Peru earned an average of USD 3.5 million per year, is far away; To that item, we had to add the salaries for their technical assistants,” added the portal.

The morning paper mentioned that the manager told them that this Wednesday (February 15) the leadership will hold a meeting again to discuss the technical issue.

“This newspaper asked the leader a question: is it affordable to hire a coach or coaching staff who earns more than USD 3 million per year? “We cannot mortgage the organization, we must be realistic. On Wednesday (February 15) we will meet again to discuss the issue of the coach”, responded to this newspaper, one of the managers who participated in the Board meeting, which was held at noon on February 10, 2023″, said Trade.

“The leaders of the FEF met via telematics with an agenda, in which the coach was not included. However, President Francisco Egas brought this matter to the attention of the board of directors,” the note concluded. (D)