Marcelo Gallardo announced this Thursday that he will leave the club River Platethe team of his loves and in which he led a successful and long process, which will come to an end.
In a press conference, and between tears, Gallardo said that he is not going anymore, and that in December he will leave the club.
“I have come to make an announcement, briefly, I am in the presence of the president and Enzo. Last night I informed them that my contract ends in December and I will not continue in the club, it is one of the most heartfelt and difficult decisions. I knew I was going to to be delicate to express myself…” Gallardo said at a press conference.
Gallardo will leave after eight and a half years leading the team, in what is considered one of the best cycles in the history of the club.
“I have a very heartfelt inner peace that makes me feel good because the path traveled in all these years only makes me feel proud… It’s time to close a beautiful cycle,” said Gallardo.
On Sunday, against Rosario Central, it will be his last home game in charge of River.
Gallardo, a former player of River and the French PSG and AS Monacotook command of the club on June 6, 2014, replacing Ramon Diazand his cycle is the second longest in the history of the team and the one that won the most titles with 14 conquests.
The ‘millionaire’ fans, who in 2011 suffered the fall to the second division where they remained for a year, will remember the Gallardo era also for having beaten Boca Juniorshis classic rival, the final of the Libertadores Cup 2018 which was played in Madrid.
Gallardo won 14 titles with River: 3 Argentine Cups; 3 South American Cup Winners’ Cups; 2 Libertadores Cups; 2 Argentine Super Cups; a South American Cup; a Suruga Bank; a League, and a Champions Trophy.
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