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Fernando Gamboa is ready to return to Newells

This is how you begin to reach the end of a management which was carried out in parallel to achieving the dismissal of Germán Burgos. The names that appeared among those in the plans were Gamboa himself, Diego Dabove and Pablo Guede. El Negro had already stated months ago in a Buenos Aires media that he was waiting for Newell’s to open its doors for him sometime, after acknowledging that he offered himself at the time Frank Kudelka left.

The club’s room for maneuver in choosing the coach it was tight. The reason is that there are not many DTs who agree to lead a project with the immediate ahead an uncertain future. It is that in a few months, sooner or later, the elections of authorities in the club will be held, and nobody assures them that they will continue in office. It is the reason that would have led a coach with a certain consensus, and who likes the idea of ​​directing in the Park, to rule out this possibility.

Gamboa had been one of the candidates for coach last March with the departure of Kudelka, but in the end Burgos was appointed. And it was not the first time that it appeared in the plans before the need to look for a DT. But it was always raised that it was an alternative, not the main option, as in 2018 when Omar De Felippe was fired. In the end, the interim Héctor Bidoglio was confirmed in the driver’s seat.

Now, with the position vacant, in the midst of a complex institutional and sports panorama, the doors were opened for Gamboa to fulfill a dream.

The expectation, as expressed by a person linked to the red-black world who appreciates the Negro, is that his figure be strengthened from the fact of returning to the club that is his sports home. It is known that his career as a coach was irregular and that the last antecedent was two and a half years ago in Nacional de Paraguay, where he stayed just three months.

Since Gamboa left Newell’s in December 2008, due to differences with Eduardo Bermúdez, at that time brand new vice president and with whom he already smoothed out the rough edges, he went through different clubs in the country, competing in the First A and the First National B, and abroad, in Chile and Paraguay.

His first stage as a coach, that half year that he led the rojinegro team, got 54 percent effective. It was the period of greatest productivity sitting on a substitute bench. Leprosy culminated in fifth place in the 2008 Apertura tournament with 8 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses.

Gratitude

The figure of former number two awakens between sympathy, affection and respect for the red and black environment in general, for what it represents in the history of the club. There are people who consider that it is not the best option for technical direction. But even some of those who reject his appointment are cautious and measured in their expressions, understanding that he is a person who gave himself to the club and for whom they feel gratitude.

As for potential collaborators, the physical trainer Elvio Paolorosso he is one of those mentioned to be part of the Gamboa coaching staff. “I would like to be at Newell’s, depending on the conditions and quality of the project,” Paolorosso said yesterday in an interview he gave to the Radio del Plata program “A Good Afternoon”. Other names that go around and that were already in the club is that of the physical trainer Hernán Puerta.

The board of directors determined that Lucas Bernardi is the sports manager and, according to the club’s leadership, he is the one who will define the DT. Apparently, the appointment of Gamboa would ultimately be the election of someone also with red-black roots.

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