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Gareca Rebuts FPF President Lozano Over Exit, Says He Has Final Call and Negotiation Timeline

He maintains he never negotiated salary terms with Agustín Lozano, saying a federation committee handled the contract talks in Buenos Aires.

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.