Boca seek a manager: Mauricio Serna named his candidates | OneFootball

Mauricio Serna, former member of the Football Council, named his candidates to become Boca head coach following Claudio Úbeda’s departure. El Chicho mentioned several figures with a past at the club from La Ribera who, according to him, have the credentials to take the job.

Speaking with ESPN, the historic Colombian midfielder analyzed the club’s current situation. Serna, who was part of the Football Council until its dissolution last year, shared his perspective as an authoritative voice who knows the halls of Ezeiza and made it clear that the urgency for results forces the club’s leadership to look for a heavyweight profile, ruling out gambles or long-term projects.

“A project would be very nice with everything that is being done at the training ground, it would be wonderful. But I think that today, from the leadership, from the president’s mindset, and from the demands of the Boca world, not having achieved important objectives does not allow that luxury. Today you have to look for a coach with personality, and I think it has to be a big-name coach,” El Chicho said.

When it came to naming names, Serna split his candidates into groups, always prioritizing a sense of belonging and knowledge of the day-to-day life of the club. “If we play a game with everyone at the table, what big-name coach belongs to the Boca world today? Guillermo, Palermo, Tevez. The range of options isn’t very wide,” he said.

Palermo, Schelotto and Tevez, the candidates named by Serna.

For the former player, the initial search should point directly to that trio of historic figures, although he did not hesitate to point out his favorite to take charge of the team in this context: “With Guillermo, Palermo and Tevez, there are three great options; then decisions have to be made. That would be the first step to explore. For me, the first one would be Guillermo.”

For Serna, Boca must look to the past

Beyond the three main figures mentioned, Serna also evaluated a second group of coaches who, although they had shorter or more mixed spells at the club, have the international stature needed to sit on the bench.

“Then comes the other level, those who were at Boca. El Flaco Gareca, yes, for life, though he later went to River. El Turco (Mohamed) and Néstor Lorenzo, but he has the stature and I like him. I like Néstor Lorenzo,” the Colombian concluded, putting his preferred options on the table ahead of the imminent decision the club will have to make.

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