Overview
- Ricardo Gareca told RPP he holds a private record of his last conversation with Agustín Lozano and the full chronology of the renewal talks.
- He rejected claims of a salary reduction as false, accusing some people of misleading the country about the terms.
- Gareca said he only discussed sporting matters with Lozano and delegated economic issues to a committee that included Lozano, his lawyer and his eldest son.
- He explained he ended the relationship after judging that conditions to work were not present and after the press coverage around the negotiations.
- Lozano had asserted Gareca had not told the whole truth and said he did everything possible to keep the project, while Gareca contrasted his 7½-year tenure with the subsequent stretch involving four coaches.