Candidates to coach Espanyol: Pizzi, Pochettino, Sampaoli …

Hours before Pablo Machín was dismissed as coach of the parakeet team, several technicians have been linked to the blue and white team. Although Mauricio Pochettino or Sampaoli had sounded, after his dismissal was made official, Pizzi has emerged as the great favorite to take charge of Espanyol.After the defeat of the parakeet against Leganés in Butarque, Sampaoli became a ‘trending topic’ . Taking advantage of the fact that he is currently without a team, Espanyol would have contacted the former Sevilla coach to find out his availability to return to LaLiga Santander according to Goal. Questioned about this possibility just a few days ago in an interview for Marca, Pochettino commented on the matter : «I am open to anything interesting. And when I say open is open to everything, I cannot put vetoes. Where it is interesting. But always an interesting project, with people you can work with. For his part, when he was coaching Tottenham and was asked by Espanyol, he said: «I will always be open to that, you can never know. It is the club of my life “. However, recently it was Carlos García Pont who ruled out this option:” It has not been considered. It seems that we have spoken with Pochettino eighty-five times, but no. “Machín follows 100%”, assured the vice president of the parakeet box. Will the blue and white team now contact the Argentine coach? Juan Antonio Pizzi, with more options than Sampaoli and Pochettino to be Espanyol’s new coach With more options than Sampaoli and Pochettino to take the reins of Espanyol would be Juan Antonio Pizzi, who already coincided with Rufete at Valencia.There has even been talk of the possibility of the parakeet team presenting a proposal to Luis García, an institution in the club, despite the fact that he currently trains Damm. Finally, as has become customary in this type of pools; Abelardo, Francisco and Javi Gracia have also been linked to Espanyol.