Formerly listed by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF). Leeds United Coach Marcelo Bielsa as their ideal candidate to manage the men’s national team, sources told ESPN MX’s David Fetelson.
Fettelson broke the news on Monday, listing the gameplan the FMF has in mind after the end of Gerardo “Tata” Martino’s contract as Mexico’s head coach after the 2022 World Cup.
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“The candidate who holds them [the FMF] At night Marcelo Bielsa is there, they want Bielsa,” Fettelson said on an episode of Futbol Picante. “If it’s not Bielsa, there are other candidates.”
According to the report, other options for FMF include Ignacio Ambridge, Matias Almeida, Antonio “Turco” Mohamed, Guillermo Almada, and former Mexico Coaches Miguel Herrera, Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti and Juan Carlos Osorio.
After being eliminated from the group stage of the World Cup, the national team is trying to find a replacement for Martino. They will co-host the tournament in preparation for the next edition United States of America and Canada In 2026, Mexico’s new cycle will soon begin with the CONCACAF Nations League games in March and the Gold Cup this summer.
In Futbol Picante, Faitelson revealed other details for FMF’s gameplan in the post-Martino era, including: appointing a new manager ahead of March’s Nations League games, limiting the number of new hires, creating a vacant U23 coach position. An automatic assistant to the senior manager, aiming to bring in El Tri legend Rafael Marquez and/or former Mexico U23 coach Jaime Lozano as assistants, move the new manager to Mexico City, and create an advisory committee made up of former national team coaches. .
The big question is if someone like Bilsa, a famous eccentric, nicknamed “El Loco“Mexico’s demands will be willing to buy in. The Argentine is a well-known football fanatic whose coaching past has no shortage of unorthodox moments.
In 2016, he spent two days as manager of Serie A embarrassed before leaving. A few years later as manager of Leeds United in 2019, Bielsa held a 70-minute press conference detailing 300+ hours worth of analysis work in the midst of the “Spygate” scandal. According to this A report from Marka Regarding the potential demands of taking charge of Peru’s men’s national team last summer, Bielsa also included wanting to control the U20 team to build his playing philosophy.
Bielsa has been out of a job since being sacked by Leeds United earlier last year.
The 67-year-old was first brought in by the English club in 2018, eventually reviving them and winning promotion from the Championship to the Premier League in 2020. Bielsa left in February 2022 due to a difficult second season in the Premier League. .
Mexico are looking to rebuild after their recent group stage exit at the World Cup, snapping a seven-tournament run since 1994 in which they have previously qualified for each of the knockout rounds.
