University: Álvaro Barco and the possibility of being the new sports manager of the club 'crema'

Universitario de Deportes comes from a 1-to-1 draw against Sport Boys in a match played at the Monumental Stadium and valid for the 11th date of 2022 Liga 1 Apertura Tournament. This result lengthened the bad time of the 'creams'. However, in the last few hours the possibility arose that Álvaro Barco will join as sports manager, something that we will clarify in this article.

And it is according to journalist Gustavo Peralta of ESPN Peru, the former leader of the San Martín University is the main candidate for that position, being the priority of the administrator, Jean Ferrari. “It could be Álvaro Barco because it is the name that is most liked and wanted by the Jean Ferrari administration. It is the enthusiasm they have in the 'U' for that choice of the sports manager that they consider necessary and urgent because of the sports situation that the team is experiencing,” said the communicator for the 'Team F' program.

Regarding whether the situation is already finalized, he acknowledged that there are still issues to be resolved, but that the decision would be made only by June of this year. “To say that it is already closed is not entirely true. Conversations with Álvaro Barco are held and various aspects are seen in favor and against the part of the sports manager, who is experienced in this area. However, he has told the 'U' that he will make the determination in June. There are other names but he is the priority,” he added.

Similarly, if the negotiations come to fruition, Ferrari, who also held the position of sports manager, would go on to work only as administrator of the 'cream' institution. “Jean Ferrari is currently an administrator and sports manager. That is why he himself said, he has assumed it and declared that he is going to stop being a sports manager to be just an administrator,” he said.

ÁLVARO BARCO'S SUCCESSES IN SAN MARTIN

Álvaro Barco is known in the media, not only for his past as a player, even in the 'merengue' draw, but also because he has been one of the best sports managers in Peru for his great work at the Universidad San Martín.

Since 2007, under his management, the club went through its glorious era with titles and participation in international tournaments. This made it one of the most important institutions in the country, in addition to the fact that it was a place where players only cared about playing as they had all the comforts at the professional and training level, in addition to paying high salaries. In fact: the 2007, 2008 and 2010 championships speak for themselves.

SUCCESSFUL SIGNINGS

However, in the aspect where he stood out the most was in the recruitment of players who performed immediately in the local tournament, something that is unusual in the national territory. Players such as Pablo Vitti, Héber Arriola, Germán Alemanno, José Diaz, Aké Loba, Koffi Dakoi, Christian Ortiz, were some of the players who successfully passed through Santa Anita and subsequently performed well in other teams.

SELECTION PLAYERS

As if that were not enough, San Martín has also been the birthplace of some of the players who wear the Peruvian national team jersey such as Pedro Gallese, Christian Cueva, Marcos López and Raziel García. They went through the minor divisions and made their professional debut.

That is why Universitario has Álvaro Barco in its sights so that he can make a restructuring in the sports part and get more and more out of the bad institutional moment in which they are.

POSSIBLE NEW COACH

Finally, Gustavo did not rule out Jorge Araujo's tenure as coach of the Ate cast, although the next matches would be decisive for this decision. “If Araujo grabs an important 'rush' of results in the next two matches, he can stay until the end of the Apertura. It's a possibility because if a coach comes from outside, the least he'll want is to hire players in the middle of the year and maybe it's more comfortable to see that possibility. However, in the 'U' everything is so changing that it may be that in the next two dates these good results will not occur and the possibility of hiring a technician will accelerate”, he said.

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