The former national team coach is the option chosen by Iñaki Arechabaleta, one of the three candidates for the presidency of the Basque team. Rosario has already asked the French as one of the names of the future project.
In the last few hours, a real bomb has been dropped in Spain. This is the possible return of Marcelo Bielsa to the bench of the Basque Country team. This, after it was revealed that the club’s presidential candidate, Iñaki Arechabaleta, has Rosario as his candidate for technical management, in case he wins the June 24 elections.
The rojiblanco presidential candidate had planned that this Monday he would present the technician who will occupy the Bilbao casting bench in the event of victory in the elections and he has done so.
“We brought the best possible coach in the world, for many reasons, not only professional but also emotional commented Arechabaleta on Marcelo Bielsa.
“It’s a global top five, the most revered by professionals and technicians worldwide “, he added.
In fact, the manager himself, who remembered the 2012-13 campaign when Athletic were Europa League and Copa del Rey runners-up, seemed to express his enthusiasm to lead the club again.
“It’s a huge responsibility to lead a team like Athletic, and even more so for me, having been there before and I know what it’s all about. “, underlined the Argentinian.
“From what I have seen, it is very necessary to enter Europe, if this has not been achieved it is not for lack of ambition, there are resources to achieve this. Sometimes players are unaware of the virtues they possess “, he added.
According to the local press, the coach has asked for reinforcements, and one of them is said to be Antoine Griezmann. And although Athletic does not accept foreign players, the Frenchman could play, since his training as a footballer took place in the Basque Country, where he defended his great rivals, Real Sociedad. Of course, they will have to discuss with Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid to achieve the record of the Gallic world champion.
Other names that the DT would also have requested are Jon Moncayola of Osasuna, and Hugo Guillamon, from Valencia.
On this subject, Arechabaleta indicated that Bielsa “talked about reinforcements, but he is very happy with what he will receive. There are one or two positions where a reinforcement will be useful. Marcelo is aware that we can’t spend big ”.
Another of the candidates, Ricardo Barkala, has as a candidate the still PSG coach, the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, whom he even visited at his home in Paris to present his project. Moreover, he would add Ramón Planes, Barcelona’s former technical secretary. While the third candidate is Jon Uriarte, who did not reveal who will be the strategist for the next season.
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Source: Latercera
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