The Argentine tactician could return to the international spectrum with Colombia.
The Colombian national team are still looking for a new coach to occupy the vacancy left by Leonel Alvarez when he was fired from his duties in mid-December.
Colombia's first priority was Gerardo Martino, but the coach rejected the offer in favour of a return to his beloved Newell's Old Boys. Due to this, Colombia now seek the services of Jose Pekerman.
"He is an excellent coach," Luis Bedoya, the president of the Colombian Football Association, told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. "To count with his services would be very good."
Since the dismissal of Alvarez, after a horrible start to Colombia's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, Colombia have been after a coach with vast international experience. Pekerman fits perfectly into this category, after having coached the Argentine national team between 2004 and 2006.
Pekerman's agent, Pascual Lezcano, will travel to Bogota to reunite with directors from the Colombian FA, in order to discuss a possible agreement between both parties.
"We know him from his work with the Argentine youth categories, what he did in the AFA and everything that he experienced with the senior national team in the World Cup in Germany. He has an excellent resume and hopefully one day we can count with him," concluded Bedoya.
Pekerman, who has taken a break from coaching since 2009, hasn't discarded the possibility of taking over the reigns at the Colombian national team.
Colombia's first priority was Gerardo Martino, but the coach rejected the offer in favour of a return to his beloved Newell's Old Boys. Due to this, Colombia now seek the services of Jose Pekerman.
"He is an excellent coach," Luis Bedoya, the president of the Colombian Football Association, told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. "To count with his services would be very good."
Since the dismissal of Alvarez, after a horrible start to Colombia's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, Colombia have been after a coach with vast international experience. Pekerman fits perfectly into this category, after having coached the Argentine national team between 2004 and 2006.
Pekerman's agent, Pascual Lezcano, will travel to Bogota to reunite with directors from the Colombian FA, in order to discuss a possible agreement between both parties.
"We know him from his work with the Argentine youth categories, what he did in the AFA and everything that he experienced with the senior national team in the World Cup in Germany. He has an excellent resume and hopefully one day we can count with him," concluded Bedoya.
Pekerman, who has taken a break from coaching since 2009, hasn't discarded the possibility of taking over the reigns at the Colombian national team.
