Scaloni is open to renewing his contract with Argentina after the World Cup

After the uncertainty expressed in the interviews following the defeat in the final of the last World Cup against Spain, the technical commissioner of the Argentine national football team, Lionel Scaloni, opened up to the possibility of renewing the contract expiring at the end of the year, confirming that he had started conversations with the president of the Football Federation (Afa), Claudio Tapia.

"We haven't spoken to each other since the World Cup, we met to understand if we can move forward and reach an agreement. There is willingness on both sides, but we have just started talking about it", he declared today in the official press conference called before the cycle of friendly matches which starts tomorrow with the match against Bolivia in the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Cordoba.

"After the final, I said that we had to think carefully. I had to carefully evaluate the sporting aspect - which is fundamental - without neglecting the economic one. We had to analyze our situation and what awaits us and I decided to look for an agreement. If I hadn't seen the possibility of competing or building something important, I wouldn't have even considered the idea of ​​sitting down to talk about it," he added.

The Argentine coach did not hold back when addressing the question of the renewal of the national team and 'after Messi', who will wear the albiceleste shirt for the last time (in a special version prepared for the occasion) on 6 October in the Monumental in Buenos Aires. "After the World Cup we analyzed the situation role by role: how many players will have reached a certain age, what stage we are at and whether we can continue to focus on the style of play we want with these players," he said, concluding that "we believe it is possible to continue". "There are young players capable of making their contribution and we will also look for different ways of playing without ever losing sight of the fact that our style of play revolves around ball possession and the development of quality players," added Scaloni.