Pata Pereyra to stay in charge at Gimnasia: why, and what next | OneFootball

Between calls and meetings over the course of two weeks, the leadership of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata decided to extend Ariel Pereyra’s interim spell until the end of the tournament. And while it may come as something of a surprise, deep down they are safeguarding several strategic decisions based on financial considerations.

The first thing to establish is that the interim role is being led by someone whom the board itself, with just under five months in office, chose to support Pata Pereyra at the head of the Reserve team. They see him as a rising figure for that division and as a future first-team head coach in the not-so-distant future. So internally, the surprise is not over his staying on.

On the other hand, it is worth noting that Ariel Pereyra managed to win the three matches he coached: the Copa Argentina round of 32 against Camioneros, and Sarmiento and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in the Apertura tournament. Beyond the football debate over the quality of those opponents, the objective of picking up points was fulfilled perfectly.

In this way, after having met with Omar de Felipe, Julio Vaccari, Leandro Cufré, and others, the leadership found a certain level of comfort in Ariel Pereyra, backed by the results mentioned above. In addition, while protecting the income of a club that is in very poor economic and financial shape, there is also the possibility of saving several months of costly contracts for higher-profile coaching staffs.

In any case, whether there are playoffs or not (today El Lobo is in eighth place, qualifying in the last spot), there will be plenty of time after the competition to choose a head coach and hand out this kind of contract. It would even allow for a full preseason from the very beginning, along with facing an austere but accurate transfer window.

For his part, Fernando Zaniratto only signed his contract termination with the club today after tough negotiations. Upset by the way his departure was handled, the talks involved much more than a simple meeting and took longer than expected. In any case, by official regulations the club should already have formalized a new manager, given that Pata Pereyra exceeded the time limit established for an interim coach. But no one will say otherwise, and there will be no problems.

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