Deportivo Cali clarifies rumors and assures that it has not defined the technical director

He Deportivo Cali is going through a sporting and institutional crisis. Given this, the team takes urgent measures to be able to raise its head after the failure in the last league. One of those will be the change of coach.

Clarification

In the last hours, the Tolima coach Hernan Torres He was linked to Deportivo Cali by various journalistic versions that mentioned that the coach had already agreed everything with the ‘sugar’ club.

The strategist already has a past in the Colombian leaguewhere the last team he directed was Deportes Tolima with which he managed to lift the trophy in 2020.

He Sports CalIt has not been the only team with which Torres has been linked in recent days. It was rumored that the Cali America It would be his new destination after Marcela Gómez, president of the club, announced the search for a new coach.

However, at a press conference, the Ibaguerian denied the rumors and ratified his commitment to the Ecuadorian club with which he is currently linked. “Since I arrived, the first day, they wanted to take me out,” declared on Monday.

The reason for the rejection of Cali AmericaAccording to journalists, it was because the coach supposedly already has a closed agreement with Deportivo Cali. The coach would arrive in June and will be involved for the start of the second season of the 2024 league.

This time it was the same club that dismissed the rumors and, through an official statement released by the institutional media, clarified that there is no name to lead the team in the second semester.

“Currently, our Executive Committee, together with the Technical Secretary, is in the process of reviewing and analyzing the resumes and professional profile of the candidates that adapt to the needs of the club,” the statement mentions.

Hernán Torres is currently linked with Emelec of the Ecuadorian first division and has a contract until June 2024. He arrived in 2023 and has directed 33 games.