Basile nears deal with Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors manager Alfio Basile said Wednesday he was close to renewing his contract for another season, days after the Buenos Aires soccer powerhouse won its fourth major title under his leadership.
Since joining the side in June, Basile has coached Boca to victory in the Recopa and Sudamericana championships. His team also has won the Argentine first-division Apertura title to close 2005 and the Clausura championship on Sunday. "I think I"m going to continue," Basile told local reporters this week. "I say 'I think' to be safe, because we're lacking some things, details that we have to improve to strengthen the roster."
Boca president Mauricio Macri also sounded upbeat about Basile extending his contract.
"Both parties are willing. The economic part is resolved," said Macri, who refused to discuss financial details.
Local news reports suggested Basile, whose one-year contract with Boca ends in June, would receive a 30 percent raise. But the club has neither confirmed nor denied those accounts amid reports of plans for a news conference Thursday.
Despite the victories, Basile still has faced difficulties winning over Boca fans reluctant to forget Carlos Bianchi, the winningest coach in the team's history.
Unlike Bianchi, Basile's name was never chanted by the fans in the stands known for their to-the-death loyalty to the club.
"It's always difficult to get recognition in Boca. Even for Bianchi, who won everything, it was hard," Basile said.
According to an online opinion survey published Tuesday in Argentina's leading newspaper, Clarin, 57.8 percent said they felt Basile would be unable to win more titles than Bianchi.
Of some 20,000 respondents to the survey for Clarin Digital, some 42.2 percent predicted he would surpass Bianchi. No margin of error was reported for the poll.
Voted the world's best club coach in 2000 and 2003 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Bianchi won four domestic championships, three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups during two spells in charge of Boca Juniors. He also led another Argentine team, Velez Sarsfield, to the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup titles in 1994.
Since joining the side in June, Basile has coached Boca to victory in the Recopa and Sudamericana championships. His team also has won the Argentine first-division Apertura title to close 2005 and the Clausura championship on Sunday. "I think I"m going to continue," Basile told local reporters this week. "I say 'I think' to be safe, because we're lacking some things, details that we have to improve to strengthen the roster."
Boca president Mauricio Macri also sounded upbeat about Basile extending his contract.
"Both parties are willing. The economic part is resolved," said Macri, who refused to discuss financial details.
Local news reports suggested Basile, whose one-year contract with Boca ends in June, would receive a 30 percent raise. But the club has neither confirmed nor denied those accounts amid reports of plans for a news conference Thursday.
Despite the victories, Basile still has faced difficulties winning over Boca fans reluctant to forget Carlos Bianchi, the winningest coach in the team's history.
Unlike Bianchi, Basile's name was never chanted by the fans in the stands known for their to-the-death loyalty to the club.
"It's always difficult to get recognition in Boca. Even for Bianchi, who won everything, it was hard," Basile said.
According to an online opinion survey published Tuesday in Argentina's leading newspaper, Clarin, 57.8 percent said they felt Basile would be unable to win more titles than Bianchi.
Of some 20,000 respondents to the survey for Clarin Digital, some 42.2 percent predicted he would surpass Bianchi. No margin of error was reported for the poll.
Voted the world's best club coach in 2000 and 2003 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Bianchi won four domestic championships, three Copa Libertadores and two Intercontinental Cups during two spells in charge of Boca Juniors. He also led another Argentine team, Velez Sarsfield, to the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup titles in 1994.
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