Orbelín Pineda, who will be one of the Mexican representatives who will play the World Cup in Qatar, acknowledged that a few months ago he was able to return to the Liga MX; However, he declined several offers because his priority was to stay in Europe.
In an interview for ESPN, the midfielder from El Tri He confessed that four important Mexican soccer teams sought to hire him, including Chivas, the club with which he was champion of the League, Cup, and Super Cup, and Rayados de Monterrey, the club with the most expensive squad in Aztec soccer.
“There was an opportunity to return to Mexico. Toluca, Chivas, Santos and Monterrey looked for me, but I’m young and I think they didn’t give me the necessary opportunity to transcend here (Europe). That worried me to at least try, now I’m doing it, he explained, alluding to the fact that at Celta de Vigo he didn’t have many opportunities to play, since he barely played throughout the season 100 minutes.
HE TOLD THEM NO!
Orbelin Pineda announced that Before coming to soccer in Greece, he received offers from Rayados, Chivas and various clubs in Mexico, but he rejected these offers. pic.twitter.com/hLjBt
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“ When I arrived at Celta it was difficult because I had just played most of the games with Cruz Azul and it changed completely. I arrived and I didn’t play anything, they didn’t take me into account. I was concentrating, I was on the bench and I was warming up, but I wasn’t going in. I said ‘well, what am I doing wrong, what’s happening? ‘”, he added.
However, now at AEK Athens, of the Greek Super League, the player is a starter and has played matches, in which he has scored 3 goals and has shown a high level, which earned him the call to the national team to play the World Cup in Qatar 550.
Despite the success he is having in Greek football, the player only has one goal in mind and that is to return to La Liga in Spain, which has one of the highest levels in the world. .
“I want to go back to Spain, that’s a revenge”, he concluded.
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