América de Cali is looking for a technical director for the next season and Leonel Álvarez is a name that comes up every time the position is vacant.. He has been linked to the American team for several years, but his signing has never been finalized. The former coach was a champion with the club as a player, won the league title in 1992 with Pacho Maturana at the helm.
Leonel today is in charge of Pereira and with the objective of winning his home run to play in the Colombian soccer final. However, for the América leadership it is one of the possibilities, as are Alejandro Restrepo (Alianza Lima) and Hernán Torres (Emelec). “During all this time we have had many resumes, we have spoken with all of them”, commented Marcela Gómez in an interview with Caracol Radio’s VBar.
According to Diego Rueda, director of the program, “Tulio Gómez really likes Leonel.”. “But when they told him before Farías, ‘take Leonel Álvarez,’ he said, ‘no, he doesn’t greet me again afterwards’ (…) It’s just that Osorio didn’t greet Don Tulio, for example…” , added the journalist. This is because the Pereira coach does not like the leaders to get involved in his day-to-day work with the team.
In the middle of the conversation about América’s technical future, Rueda consulted his source about the options that Leonel would have. The answer was: “Not today, but this world is very changing and America has always wanted it.”
The president of America wants to sign her new coach within a week, she hopes he will start working on Tuesday, May 14. In addition to Leonel, Restrepo and Torres, other candidates would be: Wilmer Cabrera, Julio César Falcioni, Luis Fernando Suárez, Jorge ‘Polilla’ da Silva and Carlos Ischia.
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