At Deportivo Cali there is a rush to define the coach who will replace the Venezuelan Rafael Dudamel.
With the start of the League approaching and the possibility of the sugar producers advancing to the quarterfinals of the South American Cup, the idea of having a new helmsman after Dudamel’s departure is on the minds of the sugar managers.
El País learned that Máyer Candelo presents himself with the strongest option and the one he likes the most, first because he came to the Verdiblanco team’s quarries as a child; second, because he was trained as a player in the team, and third because he was champion and has never hidden his love for the Cali squad.
“That is what is called ‘sense of belonging’ and Máyer has it with Deportivo Cali; for me it is the best option, also because he is a person who played football very well and who sees it very well,” said a close friend. of the Executive Committee of Deportivo Cali.
El País consulted other sources close to the managers and they all agreed that “there are advanced negotiations with Máyer, also because the idea is for him to come and strengthen the youth squad; he knows about that because he came precisely from the quarries.”
Although he has not managed since leaving Cortuluá in 2019, Candelo has been very close to football, seeing the work of various coaches and exchanging ideas with the Spaniard and until recently Manchester City’s assistant coach, Juan Manuel Lillo, who is his great friend. .
“They are very close friends, Lillo asked Máyer to analyze the City games at home and to send him his vision of those games so they could give feedback later,” said a friend of Candelo.
If the negotiation is closed, Candelo would arrive with another old acquaintance of the sugar team: the Paraguayan Jorge Amado Nunes, who has already been with the Verdiblancos on several occasions, first as a player and then as a member of the technical staff.
The directors of Deportivo Cali continue to analyze other names of possible candidates to be technicians, but the one they like the most is Máyer Candelo.
