The future of Scaloni, a topic that worries the champions

“And what are you going to do, Leo?”

Now the Leo that concentrates the attention is not only Messi. Everyone already knows what the Argentine captain will do with his immediate future: return to PSG and enjoy the world champion patch on his chest until he decides. Whether or not it was his last World Cup, beyond his statement, it is not necessary for him to define it now …

Today the main concern is who will be the DT that accompanies him in all this new and unprecedented process, because as it was said at the University of Qatar after the coronation, still with the Cup in our arms, “now we are going to start living a new life, one that we have no idea what it is like, we only know that it will be different from all the others.” lived”. For now, it will be a happier life, without a backpack and with the three stars proudly embroidered in light blue and white.

But the uncertainty about the future of Lionel Scaloni does not only include Messi. In fact, That question that was asked to the world champion coach in the last hours, before he arrived in Mallorca to reunite with his family, was born from another reference point. But it encompassed, ultimately, the concern that the players have to know what will happen with the renewal of the coach.

Above all, after the suspense generated in these hours: the pressure of Chiqui Tapia, the evasive declaration of Lionel DT and the internal claim for an improvement in the economic and organizational aspects to continue with the project agreed in September.

For now, Scaloni has something more than the popular bank to follow. He has what backs any coach: the unquestionable results of his cycle. And one of the most precious assets for a DT: he made himself credible and likable to his players. Something that few achieve, especially after making strong decisions, as happened in the World Cup: from the changes in the roster to the departure of the heavyweight team.

Now, what was Scaloni’s response to that initial question asked by one of his main men in the World Cup battle: “I do not know yet…”. A confession of parties, relief of evidence.

Indeed, the DT went to Mallorca ahead of schedule (he had to travel in the middle of the week) with a doubt that will grow as long as he does not turn around or an official announcement is not made. Tapia’s statement, his optimism, was more a message to enforce the pact agreed in September than an officialization. “He is still the DT of the National Team. We are both men of our word, we shook hands and he said yes. I have no doubt that he will continue ”said the president of the AFA.

But Scaloni did not acknowledge receipt. Neither in the response to one of his players nor in his arrival in Mallorca, to reunite with his sons Ian and Noah, whom he had not seen since the World Cup. There, the DT was received by several fans shouting “give him a champion” and more than one asked him to continue, aware that it is the topic of the moment. For now, the parameters on which the coach will base himself to define his continuity are the same that Olé has been proposing these days.

On the plane of desire, Scaloni wants to continue in command of this Selection that he rebuilt from the ashes of the 2018 World Cup until he led it to glory eternal four years later. It is not in his head to start another personal project. He believes that there are players made and to be done to go for more. And at that point, the scenario is super encouraging. However, the plane of reality also opens a request that the DT considers essential to make its continuity official. And that includes an improvement in economic conditions (for him and his coaching staff) and work.

Indeed, the consecration in Qatar covered some internal imbalances, solved with dedication and professionalism, but which in another context would have generated a great disadvantage when it comes to going for the maximum achievement. And the players are also witnesses. For this reason, support for Scaloni contemplates invisible work. Therefore, in addition, it is that they, the world champions, are worried that DT will continue. There is an absolute comfort in terms of the methodology of work and coexistence that nobody wants to break right now.

For now, the only one who made public the request for the continuity of DT, in his own way, was Dibu Martínez, in the locker room festivities, with the World Cup as a witness and infinite madness invading the country. “Renew it, Chiqui, come on”, was the goalkeeper’s shout, addressed to Tapia, present at that intimate celebration in the bowels of the Lusail. However, internal inquiries, such as the one that a reference made to him in the last few hours, are multiplying. And they cover the entire coaching staff. It is more than clear that there is concern.

“As soon as he comes, we are going to finish everything because it is what we have talked about,” Tapia pressed in San Juan, his native province, where he fulfilled his promise to bring the World Cup to the deceased Correa. Now, she will seek to make effective the other promise, the one that he announced in the September pact and that today has everything pending for the world champions and Argentine soccer…