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The last failure of the Águilas de América in Liga MX motivated Fernando Ortíz to step aside on the bench. After the departure of the Argentine coach, many names have sounded to lead the historic Aztec team. One of them was the Javier Aguirre, but Vasco explained that there was no direct approach from the club.
Despite the fact that Vasco emerged as the most important option, everything seems to indicate that this possible link only remained a rumor. Javier Aguirre revealed that His representative did not have conversations with the azulcrema environment.
“They never talked to me and that’s the part I can tell you, who never spoke to me; They never contacted me, never directly with me, no director of America (…) My agent told me that Santiago Baños wanted to talk to him and some other coaches. (…) But when all that was there and when that moment was lived, and that couple of weeks where my name sounded, they never contacted me. It all happened later, when everything was settled with Mallorca”, Aguirre explained in an interview with ESPN.
Javier Aguirre could have considered going to Club América
Despite the fact that Javier Aguirre maintains a good relationship at his current club, Mallorca, The Mexican strategist did not show much confidence in staying on the team. Vasco left the doors open in case the Águilas del América arrive again. The statements of the Mexican coach indicate that he is open to any possibility of leaving. The Aztec is not screwed to the Mallorca bench.
“We are professional trainers and today you are there and tomorrow you are not.; In my career I have been in six Spanish teams, three Mexican teams, a team from Abu Dhabi, there are 10 teams and three different National Teams. I want to tell you that we, in this, are open to anything; of course I would have appreciated any offer”, he sentenced.
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