Sunday, November 17

Santiago Muñoz, the Mexican promise who had no minutes in the Premier League and returned to Santos in the Liga MX

Santiago Muñoz, Santos player.
Santiago Muñoz, Santos player.

Photo: Manuel Guadarrama/Getty Images

Gregory Torres

The front Santiago Muñoz is one of the main promises of Mexican soccersince he himself left the MX League at a very early age to try his luck in England, with Newcastle. Nevertheless, After many injuries and little playing time, the Aztec saw how his loan ended and the team did not carry out the purchase option.

As a result, after 18 months outside of Mexico and with an internship at English Newcastleyes, Muñoz returned to report with the team that owns his letter, Santos Laguna of Liga MXa group that hopes to have the aforementioned piece for what will be the Clausura 2023.

“The 20-year-old youth squad is already working at the Territorio Santos Modelo facilities, focused on his rehabilitation and physical conditioning plan”, reported Santos in a press release released this Monday.

The attacker, born in the United States, but of Mexican descent, he represented Newcastle in the youth ranks of the Premier League set. The Mexican was concretely in the box sub’21, in which he played nine games in which he scored a goal and gave an assist.

News of Santiago Muñoz with Santos

Muñoz left England and already says he is present at the facilities of Santos, an Aztec team that reported a groin injury, so a debut is not expected in the next Guerreros match in the Clausura 2023 tournament.

As a result, The Aztec will be out of action for a month, although it is expected that after this time the player will receive a medical discharge and take the place in the lead vacated by the Mexican Eduardo Aguirre, who is recovering after a back operation.

Santos is fifth in the Mexican tournament with six points and places his hopes on the player born in El Paso, Texas, which debuted with Santos on October 25, 2020 in the Clausura tournament against San Luis.

With information from EFE

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