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Official: Pedro Troglio is the new coach of San Lorenzo

The DT comes from directing for two and a half years in Honduras and returns to the country to replace Paolo Montero in the Cyclone.

After more than two months of searching and several refusals, San Lorenzo has a new coach: Pedro Troglio he was left with a position that was vacant after the departure of Paolo Montero, last October.

The coach comes from directing for two and a half years to Olympia from Honduras, club with which he won four consecutive championships, and won the final race against Leandro Romagnoli, the other candidate who this week had contacts with Matias Lammens Y Marcelo tinelli.

Troglio, 56, will sign a bond for a season and will have the complex mission of raising a team that is coming from the doldrums, with serious financial problems, and that in recent times has devoured every technician they put in charge.

It will be his return to Argentine football after his last stint at Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, a club of which he is an idol, and with which in 2018 he was a finalist in the Argentine Cup.

The coaches who rejected San Lorenzo

Since the departure of Paolo Montero, the Cyclone looked for three coaches before closing the arrival of Troglio and they all said no. The first target was Hernan Crespo, who twice rejected the chance, first as soon as he left San Pablo and the last two weeks ago.

Then they looked for Luis Zubeldia, that after his departure from Lanús he still does not have a club, and the last wanted was the Cacique Alexander Medina, which opted for Inter de Porto Alegre’s offer.

Olimpia’s communiqué for the departure from Troglio to San Lorenzo

Olimpia Troglio statement

San Lorenzo made the arrival of Pedro Troglio official

“After meeting with President Horacio Arreceygor and manager Mauro Cetto, and thanks to the excellent predisposition of the Olimpia club, Pedro Troglio agreed to his arrival in San Lorenzo. In the next few days, the DT will be signing his contract “, expressed the Cyclone about the technician who will sign a link until December 2022.

Pedro Troglio

The statement of San Lorenzo for the arrival of Pedro Troglio

He is passionate about soccer. And at 56 years old, already with extensive experience in this environment, with unique experiences (playing a World Cup together with Maradona, for example) and the same desire as always, Pedro Troglio arrives in San Lorenzo de Almagro. After meeting with President Horacio Arreceygor and manager Mauro Cetto, and thanks to the excellent predisposition of the Olimpia club of Honduras (where Troglio won four titles), the terms of his arrival were agreed. The directors Miguel Mastrosimone and Claudio Lantarón were also present. Therefore, in the next few days Troglio will sign the contract that binds him as coach of the Cyclone until December 2022. The squad, which will return to work on Tuesday, January 4 at the Ciudad Deportiva, awaits him with great expectation. Many successes, Pedro!

“Troglio is a coach with a great career and we are very happy with his arrival in San Lorenzo,” said Arreceygor. “We are very excited about the hiring of Pedro, due to his great experience, the personality he has and the values ​​he transmits. He is the ideal person to face all the challenges that will come in 2022 ”, added Cetto.

From Olympia, they highlighted in a statement: “… We understand what this means for Professor Troglio and his coaching staff, and despite having a current contract, our club has not been an obstacle to stop this opportunity. For our part, we always wish the best for them in the face of this new challenge that is presented to them and we thank them for these wonderful years that they have given to our beloved Club… ”.

Welcome to San Lorenzo, Pedro! And that you can also celebrate many achievements with this Club, with which you will surely soon feel identified.

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