Battaglia backs Riquelme’s rivals in Boca elections | OneFootball

Sebastián Battaglia gave a television interview in which he revealed that he will support the candidacy of an opponent to Juan Román Riquelme. The former Boca coach said that he is working so that “Jorge Reale becomes the next president” of the club.

“Since I thought about it and analyzed it, with things that motivated me, from now on we are going to get involved and work for what will be the politics of Boca in 2027, supporting Jorge Reale. We met several months ago, we talked, and I am motivated by the ideas that lie ahead,” said the former coach of the club under the current president’s administration.

Battaglia said that he has temporarily left coaching (his last team was San Miguel) to start working with the presidential candidate: “At this stage, we decided to focus on looking ahead to what’s coming and fully commit ourselves to trying to make Jorge the next president of Boca. I am interested in the ideas and in working with him because of what we have discussed, what we envision for Boca, and because we see a club that today we do not like how it is. People are divided in this rift that is being experienced nowadays; on that, we agree a lot.”

Sebastián Battaglia will support Jorge Reale’s candidacy for the Boca presidency in 2027.

Along the same lines, the Lion added: “We want to see the Boca from when I played, from when I was in the youth divisions and we achieved important things, where Boca had its members and fans united. That’s what we are looking for.”

The role of Sebastián Battaglia alongside Jorge Reale

In the interview with TyC, Sebastián said that his position would not be as a coach or as a manager, in case Jorge Reale wins the 2027 elections: “It’s an institutional position that motivates me because being the image of Boca is no small thing. Being Boca’s representative worldwide, internationally and locally, wherever I go, having that possibility is something that motivates me. Representing Boca with everything it means.”

Sebastián Battaglia wants to return to Boca.

He also emphasized: “I came when I was 15 years old, I made it to the first team, won championships as a player and as a coach. Today, having the possibility, in the future, of occupying this position of being the image of Boca is very important to me. That’s why I’m excited and motivated. We have the chance to travel, to see how clubs abroad are working and what they are doing, to gather ideas and later apply them to the institution we all love and believe we can build.”

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