Monday, September 30

The ambitious project that America promises: up to three hires and… Carlos Vela?


Santiago Baños, director deportivo de América, presencia un partido desde el palco.
Santiago Baños, America’s sports director, watches a game from the box.

Photo: Eloisa Sánchez / Imago7

After having been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the MX League the board of the Golden Eagles of America is studying decisions with a view to next season , including the continuity of Santiago Solari as technical director, despite the fact that information indicates that would count on him for 2022 .

Despite being the club that garnered the most points throughout the year, the club from the Mexican capital fell forcefully to Pumas for the quarterfinals of the Mexican league and said goodbye to Apertura.

Looking ahead to next year, America’s sports director, Santiago Baños, announced in recent days that management is in the process of hiring “ two or three players. you within the campus.

“We are going little by little, you cannot change overnight, nor is it going to happen that five or six players come out a year and less on this team; one debuts and you have to cover it with people of experience, we cannot give the advantage of debuting four or five and being affected in the results issue because in this institution it cannot be like that ”

Santiago Baños

These statements offered to TUDN were before the disaster against Pumas , so now when Solari is under review, in the offices of the Golden Eagles they continue to probe names to reinforce the team and among them is an acquaintance of the Mexican fans who has raised the name of his country in Europe and United States: Carlos Vela .

The numbers that Vela has achieved by MLS are impressive: In 98 shocks has delivered 80 assists and marking 36 goals , being the franchise player and leader of the LAFC.

Although his explosion occurred in the Arsenal of England, Vela was in the basic forces of the Golden Eagles of America from where he finished making the youth jump to London, so he is not I miss Mexican soccer, which their 36 years could return to give the team from the Aztec capital that definitive leap for the title.

On a new gentleman of the Americanist bench in case Baños gets rid of Solari, international names such as the Spanish Ernesto Valverde are mentioned, Quique Setién, even the Italian Andrea Pirlo.

And for there to be entrances there must be exits and one of those indicated to leave the nest is Sebastián Córdova. Given Chivas’ interest in the player, the Azulcrema board of directors would not look down on making money for him.

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