In recent days it was rumored that a possible job option for Miguel Herrera would be Selection of Chile , since there was some interest of the federation in hiring him, for this it has been denied by two directors.
According to reports From ESPN, the president of the Chilean Soccer Federation and the manager of the Andean country’s National Teams ruined this version.
😏👊 YOU ARE ATTRACTED BY CHILE’S CHALLENGE! # CentralFOX Miguel ‘Piojo’ Herrera did not close himself to the possibility to direct the Chilean team: pic.twitter.com/mZNAZBNNep
– FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX) April 6, 2020
In a blunt way, Pablo Milad , the president of the ANFP , categorically denied the version: “Not at all, there is no interest rate” , said when the periodi This questioned him about whether there was a possibility that they would hire “Piojo” to direct La Roja.
And it is that recently in the local press it was said that there were three options to occupy the bench of this selection and that the former strategist of America was one of them, so the sports medium looked for someone else who agreed with Milad’s statements and found him in Ian Mac Niven , the manager of the national teams: “I don’t have any related information” , said after the same question as the president was asked.
Chile refuses to target Miguel Herrera 😮 https://t.co/0f5yTjZ3g0
– Sportscenter in Spanish (@SportsCenter_nt) January 11, 2021
In this way, according to Chilean media, Néstor Pékerman would be at the top of the list of favorites to assume the bench of the national team, after the great job he did with the Colombian national team between 2012 and 2018.
They reveal that Pékerman is the main candidate to take over as coach of La Roja: “He wants to come” https://t.co/VYwITrD0S4 pic.twitter.com/cAuUI4cqhG
– 24 HDeportesTVN (@ 24 HDeportesTVN) January 6, 2021