Alfaro got into the discussion about the renewal of Tevez in Boca: "You can't call him a former player"

07/04/2020 - 12:46

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Gustavo Alfaro, who was the technical director of Boca Juniors until December 2019, considered today that Carlos Tevez "earned the right" to have his contract renewed and that "he cannot be called a former player", in reference to the conflict he maintains the idol with the club for the extension of its link and the controversial phrase that Colombian Jorge Bermúdez, a member of the professional soccer technical secretariat, launched.

"I said it at the time, Carlos earned the right to have his contract renewed , I think that these types of players define themselves and there are certain statements that surprise, you cannot call him a former player. respect them, I do not mean that he must be the undisputed owner, but he deserves respect, "Alfaro stressed in a dialogue with Radio del Plata.

Alfaro, 57, drove to Boca throughout 2019 and went through a tense relationship with Tevez, but he still came out to defend him against the phrases uttered by "Skipper" Bermúdez and by another former player "Xeneize", Raúl Alfredo Cascini, also a member of the technical secretariat of football.

" Tevez does not play for money, he does it for glory . He is obsessed in a good sense of the word and wants to win everything. Every time it is his turn to play he does not care, that is very good because he keeps more beyond all that he achieved, "emphasized Lechuga Alfaro, referring to the scrolls of the" Apache ", who was champion in Corinthians of Brazil, Manchester United and Manchester City of England, and Juventus of Italy, in addition to having won 10 titles with Boca's shirt.

Alfaro had a relationship with ups and downs with Tevez, since when he assumed the leadership of Boca he said that "it was his flag" and then he alternated between the ownership and the bank of substitutes, which generated the annoyance of the idol "Xeneize".

"He said it was his flag and yet he gave me two games and then he sent me to the bench. The only long face I put on him was when he left me as a substitute against River because I found out in the dressing room that I was not going to play," he said in its opportunity the Apache , in relation to the Superclassic played in the Monumental that finished tied zero to zero last year.

After these statements, Alfaro acknowledged being "surprised" but now he came out to support him in the face of the distraction to which he was subjected by Bermúdez and Cascini, the founders of Juan Román Riquelme in his new role as second vice president of Boca and head of the soccer area.

Alfaro led Boca in 50 official matches, of which he won 27, tied 16 and lost 7, and left with a title, that of the Argentine Super Cup, which he won in Mendoza against Rosario Central in penal definition after equaling 0 to 0.

Source: Télam