this would be his coaching staff with Lux and Pinola

The phrase says that all roads lead to Rome. And if we adapt it to the River Plate terrain and Marcelo Gallardo’s successor on the bench, all roads lead to Martín Gastón Demichelis. “Micho”, as everyone knows him, is currently leading the second team of Bayern Munich in Germany and is the one chosen by the River leadership to take command of the squad from 2023. His arrival is on track and the idea, if not any setback arises, it is to announce it during the month of November.

After hanging up his cleats, Demichelis quickly stood on the other side of the lime line and began training as a coach. He was assistant to the duo Míchel and José González at Málaga in Spain between 2017 and 2018 and then landed at Bayern Munich, where he remains to this day. His contract in Germany expires in December and the decision not to renew it has been made. The intention was to stay in Europe, but before the call of River, the only one who could move the floor, will almost certainly return to Argentina.

Although in Nuñez they are cautious, the arrival of Micho advances steadily and the first contacts have already existed to begin to shape the matter. In fact, it is not ruled out that some leader will travel to Germany to finish negotiating when a few details remain.. Several technicians were appointed (Gareca, Aimar, Coudet) but none convinced 100% of the Board of Directors and that is why the decision was to lean towards the former footballer of the Greatest, Manchester City, Bayern, among others, for fitting in very well in the river philosophy.

As for the formation of his coaching staff, it is almost confirmed that Javier Gandolfi, another old friend of the house, will be his aide-de-camp. Despite the fact that “Cobija” softly denied the news as he was working at Talleres de Córdoba and with a Copa Argentina semifinal ahead of him, the former defender will be Demichelis’ right-hand man.

In addition, they would add Javier Pinola (at 39 years old and completed the technical course, he will surely retire at the end of the year), German Luxalready retired since the end of 2021 and whom he knows of having shared a campus at River between 2001 and 2002, and Flavio Perezphysical trainer who knows a lot about Mundo River: he worked for several years in youth teams and was part of the coaching staff of Tolo Gallego, Manuel Pellegrini and Leo Astrada.

Alejandro Saccone, former goalkeeper of the Greatest is also one of the possibilities to integrate his work structure, although it is not yet defined. At the same time and with the intention of being a link between the campus and the leaders, Leonardo Ponzio will head the Technical Secretariat that will also begin to function in the coming year.

“Marcelo will make an analysis of each member of the squad and we will put it in the consideration of the coach who has to come. We have two weeks to start profiling who it could be“, declared Matías Patanián, first vice president of the club, in dialogue with TNT Sports about the steps to be followed by the leaders in the coming days. Although he avoided talking about proper names, all roads lead to Demichelis…