Chivas de Guadalajara Announces Departure of Coach Veljko Paunovic

This Friday, December 15, Chivas de Guadalajara surprised with the announcement of the departure of Serbian coach Veljko Paunovic, who leaves the discipline of the Sacred Flock after a year in which they reached a Liga MX Final in the Clausura 2023 and in the Quarterfinals Final in the Apertura 2023.

The departure took the red and white fans by surprise due to the untimely nature of the decision, but Fernando Cevallos explained in La Última Palabra how Paunovic’s goodbye was created, who, according to the FOX Sports Mexico collaborator, presented his resignation and later changed his mind. , But it was too late.

Cevallos mentioned that Fernando Hierro, director of Guadalajara, got to work to close the hiring of the Argentine Fernando Gago, who is emerging to be Paunovic’s successor; With the consent of Amaury Vergara, owner of Chivas, they decided not to continue with the Serbian project.

“How did things happen? The season ends, he and Fernando Hierro talk, they begin to plan the following season, the preseason, the intention was for Paunovic to continue and was ratified as Chivas coach and the planning was underway, a planning that included clearing of footballers, that some Tapatío footballers move to the first team and that some of the U-23s train with the first team,” he mentioned.

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“It includes planning for four or five reinforcements, which have already been discussed about the lines that have to be reinforced; departures of footballers who have completed a cycle in Guadalajara and today I advance, the issue of Chicote Calderón and Alexis Vega, today they are more outside than inside due to an institutional issue, there was a lot of talk about Chicote’s renewal, the idea of ​​renewing him is because his contract ends and Chivas wanted to negotiate it, today the renewal is cold and it seems that it is going to go for free,” he added.

Cevallos confirmed that Paunovic resigned through his representative and when he ‘considered’ his decision there was no turning back on the part of the Guadalajara board.

“Talking about what happened and so that people know, they are going on vacation, the idea was for Paunovic to continue, (but) on Thursday of last week, via his representative, they informed Chivas that Paunovic does not want continue and who wants to give up, who leaves; From that moment on, Fernando Hierro begins to work looking for a replacement, talks begin with Fernando Gago, who was in negotiations with Cruzeiro in Brazil.”

PAUNOVIC CHANGED HIS MIND! ????@FerCevallosF tells how things turned out for Paunovic’s departure. There was already a plan, days later he announced that he wanted to resign, he changed his mind, but the decision was made.

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“Yesterday or the day before, Veljko Paunovic asked for a meeting with (Fernando) Hierro and Amaury (Vergara) and at the meeting he told them that he thought about it well, that he thought about it and that he wants to stay, to which Hierro and Amaury told him. “They say that the decision has been made and that he cannot be playing like this with Chivas,” he said.

2023-12-16 06:00:15
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