SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Marcelo Bielsa has resigned as the national team coach, ending a three-month saga over his future.
Bielsa stepped down at a press conference on Friday despite his overwhelming popularity in Chile and attempts by the new Chilean football association president Sergio Jadue to persuade him to stay.
The 55-year-old Bielsa led Chile to its most successful World Cup in almost 50 years in June, but said he would resign if Jorge Segovia was elected president of the Chilean FA.
Segovia's election was anulled and Jadue took over in his place last month, but Bielsa carried through with his threat to resign.
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