Banfield decided not to renew Falcioni's contract: the two important names were to replace him

Banfield will host Argentinos Juniors this Saturday and will close its participation in 2018 on Saturday, December 8 in Santa Fe against Union. This commitment will probably be the last of Julio César Falcioni as the coach of the first team.

In the last few hours, the executives informed him that they would not renew his contract (expiring next month) and they proposed to continue in the club with the position of manager. In addition, his technical team composed of Sebastián Battaglia, Adrián González (field badistants), Gustavo Otero (physical trainer) and César Velázquez (archer coach) will be dismissed.

Falcioni, who was operated at the end of last year for a throat nodal (laryngeal cancer), asked to continue leading the team until mid-2019, when the national tournaments were over, and he changed his work. In principle, there was no agreement with the board of directors and it should move away at the end of the year.

In the file, the directors of banfileños have two names: Hernán Crespo is Option A and Gabriel Milito is B, as they told Infobae. Who would have an badured place in the club, no matter who the technician arrives, is the teacher Alejandro Kohan (He was from 2012 to 2015 and got the promotion with Matías Almeyda).

Crespo (43) had experience as a coach in the youth of Parma and in the Italian second division Modena, where he was sacked in 2016. Last year he had badumed the vice presidency of the Parmesan entity despite its direct aspirations.

For its part, Milito directed Estudiantes de La Plata and Independiente. Until June of this year, he was responsible for the Chilean O. Higgins, where he left by mutual agreement.