Real Madrid are looking for a coach for next season and the name of Lionel Scaloni has gained strength in recent hours, following what was said by Spanish journalist Manolo Lama on El Partidazo de la Cadena Cope.
“I assure you that Real Madrid have contacted Scaloni. I assure you. Madrid are sounding out many coaches, but I assure you, Madrid have contacted Scaloni, the Argentine coach. Florentino is doing another Lopetegui,” he said.”He has contacted Scaloni. I think he is sounding out, listening, hearing and seeing before deciding,” he repeated.
Scaloni usually resides in Spain and knows LaLiga well, both as a player and as Sampaoli’s assistant coach at Sevilla. His CV includes great successes with the Albiceleste such as the 2023 World Cup and the 2021 and 2024 Copa America. He is also credited with having managed a star-studded dressing room, with Leo Messi at the helm.
The information caused a great stir in Argentina, where they were waiting for the possible renewal of Scaloni with the Albiceleste after the World Cup. However, some Argentine media such as TyC Sports point out that “from Scaloni’s entourage they categorically deny having contacted the leadership of the entity headed by president Florentino Perez“.
Scaloni’s renewal is not yet closed
The truth is that the judicial investigation in which the AFA and its president, Chiqui Tapia, are immersed, could favor Scaloni’s non-continuity, who for the moment has refused to talk about his future until after the World Cup.
“I think about what’s coming now, I never used to think beyond that. It seems to me that it’s not right because it takes your focus away from what’s there. Thinking about what’s going to come beyond that I don’t think is appropriate now. I’m fine here and we’ll see what happens. I have the best relationship with the president and if I have to sit down and talk, I will do so without any problem,” he said a few weeks ago about his future.