Battaglia backs Riquelme’s rivals in Boca’s upcoming 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 stated that he is working for “Jorge Reale to be the next president” of the club.

“Since I thought it over and analyzed it, with things that motivated me, from now on we are going to start working for what will be Boca's politics in 2027, supporting Jorge Reale. We have 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 leadership.

Battaglia mentioned that he temporarily left coaching (his last team was San Miguel) to work with the presidential candidate: “In this phase, we decided to approach the work of looking forward to what is coming and fully engage in trying to make Jorge the next president of Boca. I am interested in the ideas and working with him because of what we have discussed, what we think for Boca, and because we see a club that today we don't like how it is. People are divided in this rift that is currently being experienced; we agree a lot on that.”

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

In the same vein, the Lion added: “We want to see the Boca from when I played, from when I was in the youth teams 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 with Jorge Reale

In the interview given to TyC, Sebastián stated that his position will not be as a coach or manager if Jorge Reale manages to win the 2027 elections: “It is an institutional position that motivates me because being the image of Boca is no small thing. Being a representative of Boca worldwide, internationally and locally, wherever I go, having that possibility is something that motivates me. Representing Boca with what it means.”

Sebastián Battaglia wants to return to Boca.

He also highlighted: “I came when I was 15 years old, I got to play in the first division, to win championships as a player and as a coach. Today having the possibility, in the future, to occupy this position of being the image of Boca is very important to me. That's why it excites and motivates me. We have the opportunity to travel, to see how clubs abroad are working and what they are doing, to gather ideas and then apply them in the institution that we all love and believe we can build.”

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