translated from Spanish: Benfica searches Argentina: Pocchetino turned down the offer and goes for Gallardo

As the Europa leagues reach the end of the season, the structure of what will be the start of the new competitions begins to be charted, where several clubs will look to change the face of their teams with many changes in the squad, but also with the coaches. Just one of the equios is Benfica, from Portugal, who after going through an adverse streak and being practically out of the fight for the Primeira Liga, fired Bruno Lage and seeks to replace him with an idea of jeugo in common, but without aiming for a special side. That said, with two Argentinians in their sights.

Mauricio Pochettino turned down Benfica’s offer to be the new coach. Photo: Twitter @SpursOfficial

The first was Mauricio Pochettino, who has been out of work since his departure from Tottenham last November, and who is targeted by several in Spain. However, the former Newell’s decided to put a stop in the interest of the Lisbon club and declined the opportunity to take over. From Portugal they claim that the idea of Benfica is to go for the Spaniard Unai Emery, former DT of Arsenal, of England, who claimed not to have been contacted yet, but also pointed to an old man known as Jorge Jesús, although the place decided to extend its link with Flamengo, where he was champion of the Copa Libertadores 2019.In front of this panorama, the second argetino of history and is nothing more than Marcelo Gallardo. The interest in the “Doll” is in addition to that of Valencia of Spain, which in recent hours announced the dismissal of coach Albert Celades. Still, nothing came to Núñez’s offices and it’s all speculation about what might happen.

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