El Mono Burgos confirmed his separation from Cholo Simeone and spoke about his future as a coach

06/03/2020 - 9:16

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Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos is known as El Mono . Throughout his career as a footballer, as a rocker and later as Diego Pablo Simeone's right-hand man in the successful Atlético de Madrid, he has only reaped affection. His frontality and charisma made him one of those endearing and unique characters in the world of soccer.

So when it became known that he would not continue as Cholo's assistant on the Mattress , the planet stopped spinning for an instant. And the same thing happened this Wednesday, when the Madrid club released a video in which it confirmed what everyone knew: after 10 years it is time to start a solo journey.

"At the end of this 19-20 season, I will begin my steps as head coach. With more than 10 years of experience in the First Division, I am fully capable of managing the destinies of a team. It is a normal step for a second head coach. He is a ' see you later ', not a goodbye ", explains in a video that published by the social networks of Atlético de Madrid.

Burgos did not give rise to the rumors that link him, for example, as a possible DT of Unión de Santa Fe in Argentina or even as a possible successor to Marcelo Gallardo in River -beyond the fact that El Muñeco has a current contract-, but gave some clues about his future by explaining how he will be as a coach and anticipating that he will have things from the technicians who have marked him the most throughout his career.

With a chinstrap in Majahonda, Diego Simeone with Germán Burgos and Nelson Vivas. Photo: EFE

"I will have those touches of people who have shaped me as a player and as a person and who carry them in my soul. They are Luis Aragonés, Carlos Griguol, Marcelo Bielsa, the 'Tolo' Gallego ... People who have influenced me and that is one don't forget it. "

Obviously, he also took things from Diego Pablo Simeone, with whom he has shared his life in recent years: "He is a friend. We have known each other for a long time. We understand each other with signs and without signs, with looks, with nods. I have had lunch and dined more with Cholo than with my family. "

Finally, he highlighted that he takes many positive things from Atlético but took the opportunity to send a clear message to the fans of 'Colchonero' and shared his dream out loud to finish his stage at the club in the best way.

" I take the affection and respect of the people. There are two specific events that I take with me. The hug with Cholo when we won the League and the latter that we gave ourselves in Liverpool. And we owe it to ourselves the third when we are Champions League champions. There are goals still to be met The qualification for the Champions League for the next season And the desire and dream of all to be champions of the Champions League And I am a pursuer of dreams Time will not suffice, the desire and the passion I have to be champion of the Champions. I want to retire from Atlético being champion, "he remarked with a message that excited more than one.