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

Between calls and meetings over the course of two weeks, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata’s leadership made the decision to extend Ariel Pereyra’s interim spell until the end of the tournament. And beyond the fact that it may come as something of a surprise, deep down they are protecting 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 put in charge of Pata Pereyra at the helm 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-too-distant future. So internally, there is no surprise about his staying on.

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

In this way, and 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 badly damaged economically and financially, there is also the possibility of saving several months of costly contracts for higher-profile coaching staffs.

In any case, with playoffs or without them, (today El Lobo is eighth, qualifying in the last spot), there will be more than enough time after the competition to choose a head coach and hand out that kind of contract. There would even be time to carry out a preseason from the start while facing an austere but accurate transfer window.

For his part, it was only today that Fernando Zaniratto signed the termination of his contract with the club 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 regulation the club should already have formally appointed a new manager, given that Pata Pereyra has 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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