At the beginning of December Enrique Bonilla left the presidency of the Liga MX and his place was taken by Mikel Arriola, who has been a public official. The new national football leader will visit all the first division teams as he seeks to plan the sporting year.
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“Next Monday I start with a visit to the 18 teams, I want to shape the short and long-term work plan to have an investment perspective in our football. We come from a year where the economy is going to contract in 2021 between 10 and 9 percentage points, we come from a very traumatic closure for our clubs“, Commented the manager in a virtual press conference.
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“Liga MX organizes 500 games each season, a robust operation, competitions are finished and today we see that there are results. We see the specific weight of the economy, a player is a valuable brand and we want it to continue like this, we want to grow in income, strengthen the economic and corporate order of teams to deliver better results to the public “he explained.
Today a dream is fulfilled for me when it is ratified by the Assembly of the @LigaBBVAMX as Executive President. All my dedication to our #football for the benefit of the fans, the clubs and the soccer players of our beloved Mexico. Jimena and Santi, thank you for your support! pic.twitter.com/nqzR2F0y83
– Mikel Arriola (@MikelArriolaP) December 7, 2020
By last, Mikel Arriola He did not hide his excitement for the new contest, which has generated a lot of expectation. “The tournament comes in its first semester with new faces of very important technicians, people with great experience are integrated, the Club World Cup and the Pre-Olympic are coming, it will be a great challenge for everyone “added.
One of the missions of the new leader is to create a tournament where the clubs of the Liga MX and MLS. On the other hand, it has been speculated that Arriola It will also restart negotiations with the directors of the Conmebol for national teams to play in Libertadores Cup, South American Cup and America Cup.
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