The Eagles striker is having his best time in Liga MX, but not everything has been easy, due to his short and complicated spell with Chivas
Alexander Zendejas live your best time with America being an important piece in Fernando Ortiz’s scheme, but the 24-year-old player wouldn’t shine with the Eagles if he hadn’t previously worn the colors of the biggest sporting rival, Who goeswhere they could not exploit their conditions.
Zendejas come to Who goes after the scouting carried out by Matías Almeyda, which saw the then 18-year-old player with FC Dallas, so after three months they did not hesitate to shell out less than half a million dollars, even if the youngsters barely had any business with the former team participating in only 20 games with the U-20 team, six in Copa MX and two in Liga MX.
“This was a scouting for Almeyda. He places him in an MLS game, on a tour in the United States. We scouted him for three months. A player with an American background in terms of professionalism, mentality, work. Since we have continued and who is a Mexican-American, but who has been educated in the United States practically all his life, he is an American player, a very strong minded person, very American in this respect, economically he was an extremely cheap player, he cost less than 400 thousand dollars “, said José Luis Higuera in an interview with ESPN on Zendejas.
Almeyda has seen something very important in sport, which is what you are seeing now; a player with a ball, which he faced, who played well on the outside, who had a good diagonal on the inside, who hit him well with both legs and, above all, who had an excellent physical background and a player with a lot of potential ” , added the former director of the Flock.
Zendejas Accumulate three goals and two assists in the 2022 Apertura, as well as earning ownership with the azulcrema team. These numbers meant that the player was sought after by the Mexican national team and is also observed by the United States representative, where he played in the lower categories together with elements that are now figures in the absolute representative.
The former director pointed out that the little success he has had Zendejas with Who goes He has shared responsibilities: the player for not having the confidence to grow and the club for sending him to the Under 20s and not to the Expansion League.
“I think he lacked confidence. Zendejas. Football is very difficult in terms of reporting mistakes, I think they should have rather analyzed the processes and moments, too, I think it was the team’s turn to suffer a serious injury at Zendejas. Football is like that, both successes and failures are very circumstantial, ”she explained.
Zendejas Necaxa went free and the hidrocálido team received about five million dollars since America. Today, according to Transfermarkt, the attacker’s price is four million dollars.
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