Thursday October 22, 2009
Club to rename ground after Bielsa
BUENOS AIRES: Marcelo Bielsa has acquired such a reputation as a coach that his hometown club Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario plan to rename their stadium after him.
Bielsa, who has lead Chile to the World Cup Finals for the first time in 12 years, is feted across the Andean border by politicians, business leaders and newspaper columnists.
The Newell’s Old Boys board will put a motion to their members and if the vote is carried the renaming will take place on the club’s 106th anniversary on Nov 3, local media said on Tuesday.
Bielsa impressed the club when, in a recent news conference discussing Chile and Argentina and his links to both national teams, he said: “It’s impossible for me to love another shirt more than that of Newell’s“. — Reuters
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