:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/QFGN62Z2OJAMPOVPSXZQLBOO4U.gif)
Finally there is white smoke in La Bombonera. This Saturday night, the rumor that Juan Roman Riquelme chose Jorge Almiron as the next coach of Boca took a lot of force. After several days of almost unprecedented speculation, the novel of the new 'Xeneize' coach would have come to an end in Argentina.
Jorge Almiron, 51, is the leading candidate to replace Hugo Ibarra after maintaining contact with Juan Roman Riquelme, second vice president and head of the Football Council, who took charge of the negotiations.
According to TyC Sports, Almiron, at the moment, is the only candidate who could take over quickly, as the other candidates, Diego Martinez and Luis Zubeldia, are busy with work in Tigre and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, and Jose Pekerman prefers to coach a national team.
11 days after Ibarra was fired, Boca could have a new coach after the "no" from "Tata" Gerardo Martino and the parade of names that arose in front of the secrecy of the negotiations.
According to Argentine press reports, Boca and Almiron are working on contractual details and the formation of the technical staff that the coach will have (part of his team that he had at Elche in Spain), and if there are no problems, his name could be officially confirmed before the match against Colon, which will have Mariano Herron on the local bench.
Return to Argentina
If it materializes, it will be Almiron's return to Argentine football after his second spell at Lanus, which ended in July 2022. His career as a coach began at Dorados de Sinaloa in 2008 and in Argentina he managed Defensa y Justicia, Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Lanus, and San Lorenzo.
His coaching career began at Dorados de Sinaloa in 2008. In Argentina, he managed Defensa y Justicia, Godoy Cruz, Independiente, Lanus, and San Lorenzo. The coach will have the challenge not only to lead the team but also to climb in the local championship standings and win the Copa Libertadores.
Get our newsletter: we will send you the best sports content, as Depor always does.