Since
Javier Milei
took over as president of Argentina and was in favor of clubs being able to become
Public Limited Sports Companies (SAD),
thousands of opinions were raised from different fronts, with a very marked refusal from the majority of sports institutions. national.
But reports immediately appeared about alleged interest from European clubs interested in acquiring Argentine teams, such as
Chelsea
.
And Mauricio Pochettino, coach of the Blues, spoke precisely about that context
.
In an interview with the British media
The Telegraph
, Pochettino gave his view on the possibility that Argentine clubs could become SAD and made it clear that, for now, he sees it as complex for this to happen:
"It is very difficult because Argentina is a country in which it does not normally happen like here that people come from outside and buy clubs
. "
“The fans feel that they belong to the club and the club belongs to them, and it is not easy to change the mentality. Maybe over time yes, but at the moment I don't think it will be easy to buy a club there
,” added the Argentine.
Along the same lines, he also decided to invite president Milei to visit Chelsea:
"I want to invite the president of Argentina. The other day we held 'Argentina Day' here, because we always try to celebrate things and create a pleasant atmosphere on the field. training. The staff did fantastic in the kitchen. Our club photographer, Darren, took photos and I'm now sending them to a friend who is a friend of the president to say 'look at Chelsea'. If he's in London one day, we want invite him to come here, because he loves football
. "
The Argentine clubs that Chelsea wants to buy, according to Milei
"The interesting thing about SAD in football is that the investment comes in very quickly. Because it is a very easy business. You don't have to create enormous machinery, because building a plant can take you, I don't know, two years. There is the will to investment expressed by Chelsea, in the case of wanting to buy Boca, Racing, Newell's, Lanús and Estudiantes," Milei said at the beginning of this year, in dialogue with Radio Miter.
"I am a Boca fan and if investment groups come and put a fortune in Boca and that makes Boca always win and River cannot win a single game, the question is, where do I sign?" said the president.