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Almeyda on his clause: “It was very high and I am not a player for the @ANFPChile to go and pay that.” [ @radiolared] https://twitter.com/11rcl/status/1358540386445238274
"My reason to go into coaching was not just to make successful footballers, but also players to be successful. The thing is what does success mean? A trophy? I hope not, because that is very fleeting."
"Football is a mostly middle to lower class sport. One day a kid is riding a bus and then tomorrow they drive a Ferrari. You need help to keep your head right. Depression is very real."
"You have no idea when depression hits. When I was 27 I felt like I was on top of the world but also was fighting with everyone because I didn't accept anything about football. Between 30-35, those were my worst years. My wife was my support."
"At 27 I was dealing with a psychologist and told her I wanted to retire at 30. Later on, I would take my kids to school and then just lie on the floor on the rug. My family noticed I laughed less."
"I felt disgusted when I saw club directors be our best friend when we won and no even look at us when we lost. How we would treat people on the road like waiters, I thought it was horrible. That could be my father, my brother, me if I never played football."
I'd sit and drink mate all day... no one would call. You'd also see your body change. You end up feeling sad and start to fight with everyone. You end up getting depressed because you don't see a solution. You'd sleep, because that was the only way to get over reality."
"In my time, we'd never talk about depression. At 20,30 you have all the energy in the world. When things are good, you don't care measure the value of things. You can have one house or ten, and you lose the present."
"Why did I come to @MLS? Here I am turning off lights. I am getting rid of fame. AS I speak to you I am waling around my neighborhood. A few people have said hello. I want to live a normal life. I want to have a space in life while doing what I love.
"I want a quality of life that not everything is football."
"Two months ago I said that to go to @argentina... if they offered me the Argentina job, I will swim over there butterfly style, since it is more difficult. I will fight for Argentina."
"I will go to fight for Argentina, once when I was at Lazio I was looking to rent an apartment and an Italian lady ased me if in Argentina we still used a bow an arrow to hunt. I then responded, 'do Italians still eat the soles of their shoes like in WWII?'
Look if I get the @Argentina job that is the type of position that you get and NEVER let go of.
"If you play football and don't enjoy it, it is a problem. That is a weight that will eventually knock you down."
"I am grateful for the people of Chile. their sporting director, a great professional and their president. The effort they made to hire me and the sporting and economic proposal was very good. I appreciate it. I was left with the desire to coach there."
"For me @LaRoja was a great challenge... especially when it comes to the quality of players they have."
"From now on, a year, I guess. I will speak to the owners. And there will be doors that will open to be able to have a jump in quality in my career as a coach. If I have the chance to coach a national team, I can be freed and not have a clause."
