Mauricio Isla suggests Manuel Pellegrini for Chile national team

Former Chilean international Mauricio Isla has proposed Manuel Pellegrini as the ideal candidate to lead the Chilean national football team. Speaking on the program “Mundo Cracks,” Isla noted that Pellegrini’s successful career in Europe and his Chilean heritage make him a natural fit, suggesting there will eventually be a moment when the current Real Betis manager decides to return to his home country.

Isla also identified several potential successors for his former position as right-back, naming Fabián Hormazábal, Felipe Loyola, Sebastián Arancibia, Felipe Faúndez, and Francisco Salinas as players capable of performing at the international level.

Separately, former player Fernando Vergara has criticized the current technical direction of the national team. Vergara argued that while Nicolás Córdova’s methodology is valuable for individual clubs, the national team requires a different approach because it consists of the country’s best players rather than a developmental squad.