Riquelme and Macri align on Boca’s ideal coach amid post-election rancour | OneFootball

Riquelme and Macri, fierce rivals in Boca politics, now find rare common ground on the ideal head coach to steer the club.

According to LaNumer12.com.ar, their feud peaked in the late 2023 elections, when Macri ran as Andrés Ibarra’s vice-presidential candidate, only for Riquelme to win with more than 65 percent in the most participative vote in the club and Argentine football, consolidating control at Brandsen 805.

Opposition criticism has not relented since. Macri recently reappeared, attacked the current board and argued that any serious leadership would choose from Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Martín Palermo, Carlos Tevez or Rodolfo Arruabarrena.

Strikingly, Riquelme’s hierarchy have looked to that same inner circle while seeking a reset on the touchline. Each is a club man who knows the weight of the shirt and can absorb the pressure of the moment.

In a club split by opposing visions, both sides have reached the same footballing diagnosis on the ideal head coach. The president has agreed with Arruabarrena, known as Vasco, for him to take the job.

Source: LaNumer12.com.ar