With 24 years, a kid is finishing a university career or taking his first steps in the world of work. He usually lives with his parents or depends financially on them, does not enter too much money and does not usually leave home until they reach 30. That is why it is always surprising to see a young man making his way in the world of the elderly, whether in the scientist in business or, as in the case of Franco Caselli (Buenos Aires, 1995), a twenties, in the football world.

Caselli was unanimously elected president of Burgos CF , Group II team of the Second Division B , on December 3, a few hours before his 24th birthday , and became the youngest leader in Spanish football. «I think you have to put aside the age of a president or another. You can be big or small, you can do it right or wrong, and the only thing that speaks are the facts, ”he explains to EL MUNDO with the Argentine accent and temper of who could have been moving in the offices for 20 years. Neither a sentence higher than the other nor a controversy in a seemingly prepared speech. Without hesitation or childish threats.

A presidential address that comes from his family: his great-grandfather was an honorary member of River Plate ; his grandfather, Esteban , has been closely linked to the presidents of Argentina and to the hardest side of the Church, facing even Pope Francis; and his father, Antonio , was ambassador to Argentina of the religious of the Order of Malta , has been part of the River Board of Directors for years and even presented himself three times to his presidency. In the curriculum of Franco, a FIFA Master in management and sports law and many hours attached to his father.

How does a 24-year-old boy as president of a professional football club end? Since I finished school I have been involved with my father in the River. And then, my family has the possibility of investing in Spain and we value buying a Sports Public Limited Company. The Burgos met all the requirements. At his age, most kids only aspire to be president of a club in the video game console. That parallelism lately makes me quite a lot, even my friends, who laughed these days. But here you need a huge degree of responsibility. In football you manage passions, feelings ... We at El Plantío put 8,000 people every weekend and when you have to command that you have to take it as such.

Franco does not want to joke. The Caselli family , with Antonio, the father, in front, acquired in May 90% of the shares of the Burgos club for 2.8 million euros . Antonio put his eldest son in command and the little one, Bruno, is vocal. Record in the campaign of subscribers, greater budget in the history of the club and certain illusion for the season, in which the Burgos is 13º and does not finish starting.

In the distance, the Sports City Juanito , the great objective of the Caselli after their arrival in the city. That, the economic order, the acquisition of its own stadium and the revaluation of the brand , something vital for them. «The club must be important again. You have to do an orderly management that points to the long term, such as the sports city project, acquire your own stadium and revalue the brand, sound nationwide and be a powerful economy, ”he explains.

In sports, despite the fact that the club has already changed its coach, Caselli wants Burgos to recover the nickname of « matagigantes ». «It was the nickname he had in his glorious age. You have to look at that, ”he summarizes, and in that speech he admits that he wants“ the fans, who are the ones who love him, to feel they own the club ”.

You have already said that your dream is to lead River Plate, but any more? Win a Libertadores, a League, the Champions League? The greatest achievement a leader can have is to be recognized by his people.

Well, that, presidential speech.

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