By Jorge Hernandez
04 Jul 2024, 20:44 PM EDT
They say that when the river makes noise, it means that it carries water and this phrase applied perfectly to the case of Jorge Sanchez, who for months had been involved in rumors of his return to Mexico and this Thursday he finally confirmedwhen the Blue Cross posted on their social networks the signing of the right back that He represented El Tri in the last World Cup in Qatar and, recently, in the Copa América from the United States 2024.
“World Cup winner. Olympic medalist. National Team member. Multiple champion. That’s it Jorge Sanchez, new player of La Máquina. Welcome to Cruz Azul!”, the team wrote on its official X account, where it also shared a video with the defender’s best moments in his European clubs and with the Mexican national team.
The news of the signing of the former Ajax and Porto player comes one day after the return of national team players Carlos Rodríguez and Uriel Antuna to the Máquina Celeste training sessions, following El Tri’s elimination in the group stage of the Copa América.
Cruz Azul wanted to “repatriate” the 26-year-old defender since last year; however, Porto denied them that possibility, because he was on loan at the club, so the club’s board had to wait until the deadline expired.
In that period Sanchez had a rather irregular season with Portosince he was only able to see action for 557 minutes distributed in 14 games, much less than half of what his club played, so the Portuguese team decided not to exercise the purchase option offered by Ajax, the Dutch club that owned the Mexican’s card.
Now the defender returns to Mexico after The Celestial Machine acquired it in a definitive purchase which, according to ESPN reports, was of around $6 million dollarsan amount that includes the payment to the Dutch club, 20 percent of the pass that belongs to América, the commission for the player and that of Promofut, the agency that represents him, in addition to taxes.
Jorge Sanchez It will be presented to the media next Friday communication at a conference organized by the club.
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