This Wednesday at the centenary stadium and in front of more than 200 attendees it was officially presented Marcelo Bielsa as coach of the Uruguayan national teamwhich will be in charge of the process until the end of the World Cup 2026 according to the agreed contractual relationship.
The “Crazy” as he is nicknamed, has a little over a year without directing and his last experience on the bench was in the Premier League with the leedswhich he directed until February 2022 after 170 games, 81 wins, 30 draws and 59 losses.
The Argentine started the press conference by explaining why he accepted the offer from the Celestes team. “They didn’t have to convince me, I would almost say the opposite. My desire to belong to this project has two extremes that are very convincing for me: One is the players that Uruguay has and the other is the recipient of the work of a team that is the ordinary citizen of the country in question”, were Bielsa’s first words as coach of the South American team.
Bielsa comes to a team that has just played a poor role in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, after not being able to advance from the group stage, in addition, this same 2023, 18 points will be played in the Conmebol Qualifiers and in just over a year he will play the America’s Cup 2024.
On the other hand, the two-time world champion team has an excellent generation of relief and Bielsa will have to make that transition between the veterans as Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavania the new names like Federico Valverde, Ronald Araujo or Giorgian De Arrascaeta.
“The condition is not to be young but to be the best. Players gain access to a location if they are better than those they displace. Age is just a seasoning that can be positive or negative. Generational processes are natural and occur a little sooner or later, it is very difficult for me to venture how a cycle can occur that does not start and on which I have not taken any measure that could influence ”, analyzed the strategist.
millionaire salary
This will be the third team that Bielsa directs. Argentina from 1998 to 2004 and Chile from 2008 to 2011 They are the precedents of the coach at the head of national teams.
His new contract with the eleventh from Río de la Plata suggests one of the highest paid agreements for a Conmebol coach. Bielsa will perceive close to $2 million dollars per yearbecoming one of the highest paid coaches in the southern subcontinent, even ahead of lionel scaloni who with the world champion team has an approximate salary of $1.2 million dollars.
The debut of the selection in charge of Bielsa will be with a pair of friendlies in June against Cuba and Nicaragua. Then he will go for the points in the double qualifying date in September, against the selection of Chile and Ecuador.
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