German Burgos, what happened to Simeone’s former deputy

German Burgos turned 54 a few days ago and is awaiting the summer at his home in Madrid. To tell the truth, he is also waiting for something more, that is, a new coaching challenge after the experiences with Newell’s and Aris Thessaloniki, the first two «boss» challenges once he separated from his mentor, Cholo Simeone (to date the highest paid coach in the world). He was his faithful assistant for nine years, from his salvation with Catania to the trophies with Atletico. They became friends in the national team, football made them almost inseparable: «We like Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. But you can’t live inside a small castle all your life, that’s not the reality. Who wouldn’t like to be a director?», the words of Burgos himself in an interview with El Mundo. In Greece they sacked him in September: «We won 70% of the points, we took the team from eighth place to second, entering Europe. But they kicked us out. That’s life, all you can do is continue. Things always happen for a reason.”