:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/55NA2V3OYRGMDISCKC2HFJHQSU.jpg "Mexican-Canadian-English Soccer Player Marcelo Flores Officially Joins Tigres UANL After Arsenal Stint")
The Mexican-Canadian-English soccer player Marcelo Flores is officially a new player for the Tigres UANL after his time at Arsenal in England, despite the fact that his father said he would never take his children to a Liga MX stadium.
Tigres did not disclose the financial details of the transaction or the duration of the player’s contract.
Flores, 19, has played in the English club’s youth teams since 2019 and last year he played on loan with Real Oviedo in Spain. He was selected nationally in minor categories and with the absolute Tricolor he only received a call for a friendly against Chile held in 2021.
With Arsenal he never played a first division game while at Real Oviedo in the Spanish second division he appeared in 13 games in which he failed to score goals.
The 19-year-old midfielder will interrupt his training in Europe, like his sister Silvana, who now plays with Mazatlán in the Liga MX Femenil.
Who are the siblings Tatiana, Silvana and Marcelo Flores?
Tatiana, Silvana and Marcelo are three Mexican soccer players who were born in Georgetown, Canada. They are the children of Rubén Flores Gómez, a former Mexican professional soccer player with a very discreet time at Atlante, Cruz Azul and Irapuato. Their mother is Canadian and of English descent, so the Flores Dorrell brothers have triple nationality.
Her father was the coach of the Cayman Islands Women’s National Team, so they lived for a time in that British territory. Marcelo and his sister Silvana were seen there by the coach of the Ipswich Town youth team in England and he invited them to the academy due to their soccer qualities.
In 2019, Marcelo Flores joined the Arsenal FC Academy, where he began to stand out in the youth leagues of England. His sisters Silvana and Tatiana also joined the ‘Gunners’ women’s team and were later hired by Chelsea.
Marcelo Flores signed a three-year contract with Arsenal in 2020 and had some training with the first team after his good performances with the under-21 team. In 2022, he was loaned to Real Oviedo in Spain’s second division – as was his sister Tatiana.
The three Flores brothers have been called up to the Mexican National Team in minor categories, despite the fact that they were also considered by the representatives of England and Canada. Marcelo even debuted with the major Tricolor under the command of Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino.
“The reality is that there has only been one National Team in which I have felt identified,” commented Marcelo Flores in 2022. “Mexico has given me and my sisters the opportunity to feel at home even when our ‘home’ is thousands of miles away.” kilometers away.”
The Flores brothers in Liga MX
Marcelo, Tatiana and Silvana were considered the new Mexican ‘jewels’ in soccer due to their time at Arsenal and Chelsea. However, Silvana was hired by Rayadas de Monterrey in 2022 and now Marcelo with Tigres. Tatiana still plays for Real Oviedo.
After the signing of Marcelo Flores with Tigres, some fans remembered a publication by his father on the social network .
“I would never take my children to a league where they kill their fans. We have to act quickly, it is sad to attack something wonderful,” his father Rubén Flores published on Twitter after the pitched battle between Querétaro and Atlas fans.
Flores joins Diego Lainez (Tigres), Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona (Monterrey) and Erick Gutiérrez (Chivas) as players who after spending time in Europe returned to Liga MX in the last year.
2023-09-11 04:46:45
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