Ramón Jesurún ruled out any contact with Gustavo Alfaro to lead the Colombia national team

The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) confirmed last Monday, April 18, the start in the technical direction of Reinaldo Rueda, who could not fulfill the goal of qualifying the Colombian team to its seventh world cup, the third in a row.

In this way, the federation leadership will have to set itself in the task of looking for the successor of the former Atlético Nacional who, in addition to the Paisa team, would have offers from the Panamanian and Honduran teams.

In addition to the names of Argentine coaches Marcelo Bielsa and Ricardo Gareca, Gustavo Alfaro, current Ecuador coach and who, according to Twitter, Ecuagol journalist José Freire Guti would reach the bench of the Colombia national team once the World Cup event in Qatar ended.

However, the president of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, spoke about this rumor during an interview with Caracol Radio's 6AM Hoy por Hoy.

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It should be noted that Gustavo Alfaro is committed to Ecuador, which is part of Group A of Qatar 2022, where he will play against the local cast as well as Senegal and the Netherlands.

In addition, the process of the South American Cup champion with Arsenal de Sarandí in 2007 was initially planned for the 2026 World Cup event to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

The Argentine assumed command of Ecuador in 2020 and has led a total of 26 matches with a total of nine matches won as many draws and eight defeats.

He made his debut as a coach in 1992 with Atlético de Rafaela from his country and his first success was in 2001 when he promoted to the first division of Argentine football at the Olimpo de Bahia. He later won the clausura tournament with Arsenal de Sarandí in 2012, with which he also won the Argentine Super Cup in the same year and in 2013 he was crowned champion of the Argentine Cup.

Before taking over Ecuador, Gustavo Alfaro led Boca Juniors with whom he won the Argentine Super Cup, but during his time at La Bombonera he was constantly criticized for his style of play.

On the other hand, the president of the federation also commented that the idea is to have Reinaldo Rueda's replacement before the orbital appointment begins and that the new helmsman must have experience with selections.

In the same way, Jesurún revealed that the coffee team could face some friendly commitments with European and Asian world champions who have shown interest in working with Colombia.

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