Veteran defender Matheus Doria and callow striker Eduardo Aguirre appeared to be signed, sealed and delivered last month … until team doctors raised questions about their physicals. It didn’t help that a couple promising transactions collapsed. That’s because team president Víctor Velázquez is making personnel decisions without consulting his coach or his general manager, a situation that has infuriated the notoriously cantankerous Ferretti. With legendary manager Ricardo Ferretti now in charge, you’d think things would be on the mend. The front office has been in disarray (you can read our 7-part series entitled “Deconstructing Cruz Azul” for details) and four coaches have cycled through the locker room since August of last year. “La Máquina Azul” has not been running on all cylinders since winning the Liga MX title just four seasons ago. One team that has been manning the phones constantly – though not always effectively, if you listen to the coach and the GM – is Cruz Azul. The Xolos have added a player to each line: striker Carlos González (from Toluca), midfielder Fernando Madrigal (from Necaxa) fullback Diego Barbosa (from Atlas) and netminder Jesús Corona (from Cruz Azul). The other border team in Liga MX – Tijuana – has been active as well. The Bravos are also close to adding goalie Sebastián Jurado (from Cruz Azul) as the heir apparent to veteran keeper Alfredo Talavera. This after the Tuzos acquired strikers Lucas di Yorio (from León) and Federico Viñas (from América).įC Juárez expects to have room up front for Hurtado (and Spaniard Aitor García) as they try to move Gabriel “Toro” Fernández to UNAM. Pachuca – not even eight months removed from hoisting the Liga MX trophy after the Apertura 2022 season – has shuffled its attacking pieces, sending forward Avilés Hurtado to FC Juárez and winger Romario Ibarra to Spain’s Oviedo. With less than a week before the Apertura 2023 kicks off in Estadio Azteca, Liga MX clubs continue to reshape their locker rooms, especially Cruz Azul. (Photo by Ivan Villa/LatinContent via Getty Images) Dueñas and Ferretti have been reunited at Cruz Azul for the upcoming season. Jesus Dueñas (left) gets a congratulatory handshake from coach Ricardo Ferretti after a Tigres win during the Apertura 2015 season.
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