Overview

• In an ESPN interview, the former Peru manager said he will resume coaching next year.
• He is reviewing proposals for 2026 and expects to choose his next post in December.
• He voiced a preference for leading a national team, describing selection work as a different kind of project.
• Assessing his Chile tenure, he took responsibility for delaying Arturo Vidal’s recall and said the midfielder should have been called earlier.
• He described the psychological toll of the job, saying he barely left his apartment during 18 months with Chile, a spell that ended without 2026 World Cup qualification.