According to Fernando Costa, president of the national soccer federation, bolivia wants to Marcelo Bielsa as the new senior coach for the next qualifying process for the 2026 World Cup to be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Argentine is a free agent after leaving by mutual agreement with Leeds United a few weeks ago and his name is the one that sounds the most to replace the Venezuelan César Farías after Qatar 2022, to which he failed to qualify the green .
“We are in contact. I am not going to deny that we are having some line of contact. We have not yet spoken, but we are close to speaking. We are speaking with many technicians, listening to their proposals, ideas and criteria. And when we have an important range of proposals We will do an analysis of the budget. We want to give him all the support, we know that Bolivia has a lot of talent and it is not far to participate in a World Cup, “said Fernando Costa, who intends to hire the Argentine to start a high-profile project.
Bielsa, an experienced coach
Marcelo Bielsa, 66, has a lot of experience in national teams. He managed Argentina from 1998 to 2004, reaching the 2002 World Cup and reaching the final of a Copa América.
On the other hand, he directed Chile between 2007 and 2011, leading the Red team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Bolivia feels that it can sow the first stone so that its team can go to a World Cup event in the short term.
