Although he has not yet sealed his departure from
San Lorenzo
,
Ruben Darío Insua
stopped being the coach of Ciclón after almost two years of working at the institution. El Gallego arrived at the worst moment and saved it from a fire, and last year he managed to get it on track and qualify it for the Copa Libertadores. However, his results in 2024 were so bad that the leadership decided to turn around and ask him to step aside, which sparked a serious conflict in Boedo.
Insua, who signed his two-year renewal last January, did not agree to resign and demanded that if they wanted him out of the club they should kick him out, bringing to light the internal dispute that was being experienced with
Marcelo Moretti
, elected president of Cuervo a end of 2023. An explosive post from the coach's wife finished revealing the dispute that exists between both parties, and which still has no resolution.
In the midst of this climate of tension, in San Lorenzo
it is said that Insua could appear at practice this Friday
afternoon to make his position clear in the face of a controversy that divides Barça fans.
Meanwhile, San Lorenzo knows that in eleven days it has a key event to qualify for the round of 16 of the
Copa Llibertadores when it visits
Liverpool of Uruguay
on Tuesday, April 23
. This weekend's match, to compete in the League Cup, is on Sunday at 8 p.m. against Central Córdoba, in Santiago del Estero, and will be directed by
Leandro Romagnoli
.
Given the urgency to find a new coach, the first names that could succeed Insua began to be heard from the club, although the one who was most close to the leaders would have already given them the thumbs down:
Luis Zubeldía
.
The former Racing and Lanús, Zubeldía, who was also considered a candidate to lead Boca, is without a team after being champion of the
2023 Copa Sudamericana
with the
Quito League
, a title that established him as one of the most sought-after coaches in South America. According to him, the blonde coach would prefer to continue developing his career abroad and is waiting for an offer that could tempt him.
Both club president
Marcelo Moretti
and
Néstor Ortigoza
, in charge of professional football, are looking for a successor whose main characteristic should be that he promotes youth and offensive play, always keeping his sights on the goal in front of him.
For this reason, another popular candidate is
Gabriel Heinze
, who has been out of work since his last stint at
Newell's
, where he seemed to take a step back in his promising campaign. El Gringo had already been named in Boedo before Insua appeared but he decided to drop out of the race because he usually reaches teams where there are many young footballers and this was not the case of that San Lorenzo that accumulated veterans and million-dollar debts.
In addition to Zubeldía and Heize, in San Lorenzo there is also talk of
Ariel Holan
, who was in charge of memorable cycles in
Defensa y Justicia
and
Independiente.
"I am open to listening to projects. It has to motivate me to accept challenges," commented the 2017 Sudamericana champion with Rojo, who was released last July after his second stint at the Catholic University of Chile.
A little further back in the preference of the leaders of San Lorenzo, two historical members of the institution should be named, who would not hesitate to put on the diver if they received the call from Ortigoza:
Néstor Raúl Gorosito
, who has just been fired from Tigre due to poor results, and
Paulo Silas
, the former soccer player who was an idol in the nineties and has been carrying out intense activity as a coach in his country since 2007.