Palermo’s blasts: ‘San Lorenzo boss’ to ‘Macri won’t buy a coffee’ | OneFootball

The Titan admitted he already saw himself as the Cyclone’s new head coach, confessed that he had analyzed his possible rivals 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 now gives instructions, could have been occupied by Martín Palermo. Available after being relegated with Fortaleza, he dreamed of coaching San Lorenzo. And he came very close to becoming their new manager. His arrival, however, ended up falling through at the last moment, when he was already imagining himself in the blue-and-red tracksuit.

“I already had it in my head that in two days I’d be training the team. I was actually at the Sudamericana draw, and for a moment I saw myself as the coach, analyzing the rivals and which teams I’d be facing,” confessed the Titan, still clearly hurt, in an interview with D Sports Radio.

Although he is surely not lacking 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 at that moment it was a great opportunity to consider, 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 Cyclone’s orbit, even after having had a positive conversation with president Sergio Constantino, although he did take the chance to deny the rumors claiming that Mauricio Macri had put his name forward to Boedo and gotten involved in the negotiations: “He wouldn’t even pay for 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: “These are things that distort everything, when politics gets involved and people start dragging others in. I’m very closely associated with Mauricio. We have a friendship, he was Boca’s president, but everything else has nothing to do with it. Just like when I went to visit Milei. He invited me, so what was I supposed to say? Everyone has their own way of thinking.”

On Thursday night, there was another club that expected him, but he ultimately did not go. Palermo had been invited to attend Platense’s Copa Libertadores debut against Corinthians at the Ciudad Vicente López Stadium, but the former Squid manager decided to support them from home. “For a club, it’s something historic, but I’m a bit reluctant to go to stadiums. Right now I’m not working, and there are always people who think the worst and start talking. 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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