Palermo's bombshells: 'San Lorenzo boss' to 'Macri won't buy coffee' | OneFootball

The Titan admitted that he saw himself as the Ciclón’s new head coach, confessed that he had analyzed his potential opponents during the Copa Sudamericana draw, and denied that the former President had interfered in the negotiations.

The technical area at the Nuevo Gasómetro where Gustavo Álvarez gives instructions today could have been occupied by Martín Palermo. Out of work after being relegated with Fortaleza, he dreamed of managing San Lorenzo. And he came very close to becoming their new coach. His arrival, however, ended up falling through at the last minute, when he was already imagining himself in the blue-and-red tracksuit.

“I was already thinking that in two days I’d be training the team. I happened to be at the Sudamericana draw, and for a moment I saw myself as the coach, analyzing the opponents and which teams I was going to face,” the Titan confessed, still clearly hurt, in an interview with D Sports Radio.

Although he is unlikely to be short of suitors, Palermo regretted missing out on this step up, since he felt ready to take charge of his first big club in Argentine football: “It was something I wanted because obviously San Lorenzo is a big team, because of everything it represents, and it was a great opportunity to consider at that moment, which unfortunately didn’t end up happening. I think it was part of the indecision at that time.”

He did not give too many details about the reasons that took him out of the Ciclón’s orbit, even after having had a positive conversation with president Sergio Constantino, although he did take the opportunity to deny the rumors claiming that Mauricio Macri had put his name forward to Boedo and gotten involved in the negotiations: “He won’t even buy you a coffee, and they were saying he was going to pay my salary or put money into San Lorenzo.”

And he continued along the same lines: “Those are the kinds of things that distort everything, when politics gets involved and they start dragging people into it. I’m very closely associated with Mauricio. We’re friends, he was Boca’s president, but everything else has nothing to do with me. Just like when I went to visit Milei. He invited me, so what was I going to say? Everyone has their own way of thinking.”

On Thursday night, there was another club that expected him, but he ultimately did not show up. Palermo had been invited to attend Platense’s Copa Libertadores debut against Corinthians at the Ciudad Vicente López Stadium, but the former Platense coach decided to support them from home instead. “For a club, it’s something historic, but I’m a bit reluctant to go to stadiums. I’m not working right now, and there are always people who jump to conclusions. Platense played against a team with a lot of history like Corinthians and stood up to them. But they made very good use of the chances they had,” he said.

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