River’s 2-0 victory against Rosario Central for the Champions Trophy put an end to 2023 for the Argentine First Division clubs, which will resume activity on the last weekend of January when the League Cup 2024. Now, the footballers will have a few days of vacation before starting the preseason.
However, those who cannot take a break are the sports leaders and directors, who move against the clock in the transfer market to seek reinforcements for next season’s competition. And the urgency is even greater for those who find themselves without a coach at the end of the year.
That is the case of Boca Juniorswho chose Diego Martinez as Jorge Almirón’s successor but has not yet managed to secure his arrival because, first, the coach must arrange the termination of his contract with Huracán. The Globo leadership demands the return of advance money.
He Gigoloas he is nicknamed for his resemblance to a media personality who became a trend a few years ago, worked in the lower divisions of Xeneize with the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 categories. La Boca and will be reunited with Valentine Boat, Equi Fernandez, Luca Langoni and Marcelo Weigandt, among others.
Given the departure of Martínez, The one chosen in Parque Patricios to take his place is Facundo Sava, whose most recent experience was four games between October and November of this year in charge of Sarmiento de Junín.
Before, he coached Cerro Porteño in Paraguay and, prior to that, was champion of the 2022 Argentine Cup with Patronato. In the absence of official confirmation, everything is set for Colo to take the reins of the Burning team. Details remain to make it a reality.
A similar situation is that of Sebastian Grazzini con Platense. He Magical42, took over as Racing’s interim coach alongside Ezequiel Videla after the departure of Fernando Gago, but rejected Víctor Blanco’s offer to return to the Academy ranks and He is one step away from taking the position left vacant by Martín Palermo in Calamar. Videla, meanwhile, will work in the lower divisions of Instituto, a club in which he had two spells as a soccer player.
Another of the returns is that of Abel Balbo to Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero. The former footballer of the Argentine National Team, of River and Boca, whose last step as coach was in Estudiantes de La Plata, will return to the Santiago team with which he played 18 games in the 2022 Professional Football League and added eight wins, two draws and eight defeats.
🚨Abel Balbo is the new coach of #CentralCórdoba: Everything is agreed for him to sign until December 2024.
👉🏾Omar De Felippe negotiates his departure from the club, but both movements are a fact. pic.twitter.com/eiUGLBMFPI— Germán García Grova (@GerGarciaGrova) December 22, 2023
And the dance of the coaches confirmed at this time closes with the arrival at Vélez by Gustavo Quinteros, who comes from a successful cycle in Colo Colo in which he won four titles: Copa Chile 2021, Chile Super Cup and First Division tournament in 2022 and the Chile Cup 2023.
It will be the second experience in Argentine football for the 58-year-old coach, who achieved promotion to the top category with San Martín de San Juan in the 2006-07 season. Later, he had stops in Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Chile and Mexico.