“It is not convenient to bring a 'primiparous' coach in national teams”: Jorge 'Patron' Bermudez

The renowned former player considers it necessary for the FCF to hire someone who has led another team, knows how to handle international players and boost those in the local league

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One day after the confirmation of the disengagement of Reinaldo Rueda Rivera as coach in charge of the Colombia national team, within the deck of options for coaching the tricolor squad several names of foreign coaches that could succeed the vallecaucano are already sounding.

About that ideal strategist who arrives to qualify for the World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico 2026, the former central defender of the Colombian national team, current member of the Boca Juniors Football Council and ESPN panelist, Jorge el Patron Bermúdez spoke about what would be best for the coffee team in this new process.

In the edition of the Balón Dividivido program on Tuesday, April 19, Bermúdez emphatically pointed out that coaches with little experience leading national teams cannot reach Colombia, taking into account the nomination of the ESPN production of names such as Argentines Sebastián Beccacece (in charge of Defense and Justice) or as Matias Almeyda (former coach of San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS).

In this regard, these were the words of Jorge Hernán, former technician of Deportivo Pasto, América de Cali and Defensa y Justicia:

In this sense, the Patron feels that credibility can be gained through a process that makes international players feel comfortable and that those in the local league grow with their experience as a coach and talent enhancer in other countries.

He highlighted the successful hiring that José Néstor Pekerman was in 2012 by the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), considering that he was able to get away from the press and have the players united on his side without a divided dressing room:

Since Colombia learned about the elimination of the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, one of the names that came out in the Colombian sports press was that of former Argentina, Chile and Leeds United coach Marcelo Bielsa.

However, in a press conference on Tuesday, April 19, the president of the FCF, Ramón Jesurún, had to deny that Fedefútbol had ties with Bielsa, since until a day ago the disengagement by both sides of the coaching staff in charge of Reinaldo Rueda Rivera was officially announced:

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