Palermo hits out at the Ciclón board: «I saw myself as manager» | OneFootball

Martín Palermo didn’t hold anything back when recalling his failed move to San Lorenzo just a few weeks ago. The legendary striker, who came within a whisker of replacing Damián Ayude on the Azulgrana bench, pointed directly at the club’s leadership headed by Sergio Constantino: “I was upset by how it was handled. We were right there, the intention was there, but it didn’t end well,” the “Titan” said in an interview with ESPN.

The former Fortaleza coach admitted the disappointment was huge because the deal seemed all but done, to the point that he was already picturing himself managing in the Copa Sudamericana. “I already had it in my head that in two days I’d be training the team. I was at the draw in Asunción and I could see myself analyzing the opponents,” he admitted bitterly. In the end, El Ciclón decided on Gustavo Álvarez, leaving Palermo eager for a return to Argentine football.

The coach also took the opportunity to shut down, with irony, the rumors linking his possible arrival to financial backing from Mauricio Macri: “He wouldn’t even pay for a coffee, and they were saying he was going to pay my salary”, he fired back to put the issue to rest. Now, while San Lorenzo fight for qualification against Independiente, Palermo is waiting for a new opportunity to put on the manager’s tracksuit again in the country.

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