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Peñarol he will live the rest of the year and also of the football season in a practically absolute state of evaluation. In addition to the contracts of the players that are finished, the study of the coach for the next season is also on the table.
Although no one has officially spoken, the continuity of Mario Saralegui at the head of the squad is practically ruled out and in the dance of names there is one that is beginning to gain strength: Gustavo poyet.
The 53-year-old Uruguayan coach is currently without a club after what was his last experience in charge of Bordeaux in France, but his “upbringing” was considered the most difficult football in the world for many: English.
Chelsea and Tottenham were the last teams in which Poyet was as a player and that is why British football was the one that opened the doors to lead.
His beginnings were as a technical assistant, where he passed through Swindon Town, Leeds and Tottenham, until the opportunity came to be head coach at Brighton.
He took the city’s homonymous team in the Third Division in 2009 and after a season and a half managed to place it in the Second Division, in which he spent two seasons and in the last one he was about to promote it to the Premier League, although they fell in the semifinals .
Poyet’s effectiveness in his 194 games reached 55%, which is certainly a good number considering it was his first experience as a manager.
Those good performances gave him the chance to coach in the English Premier League.
It was Sunderland that gave him the chance to take over as coach of his main squad, although the numbers in this experience dropped to 40% effectiveness, although we must not lose sight that it is not usually a very competitive team at the maximum English football category.
To all this, Gustavo Poyet showed his willingness to return to Uruguay and assume a role in Peñarol as long as they contact him. In fact, in the last hours Zaragoza’s offer to train in Spain declined, which may be a sign.
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