In addition, the youth sees a better future with the ‘Piojo’ Herrera for the lower forces compared to the Ferretti era
Manuel Aguilar, central defender from Sinaloa, who belongs to the Under 20 category of the UANL Tigres, is trying his luck to get a place at Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
Through the FC Bayern World Squad program, the Teutonic club in alliance with the automotive company Volkswagen, completed a series of tests in Mexico on Friday with 15 boys of different nationalities, with the intention of attracting players who have the necessary talent to be incorporated into the Bavarian team.
Manuel Aguilar, 18 years old, came to the Tigres a couple of years ago and is currently part of the Sub 20 affiliate of the Tigres, where he is trained by Ángel Cervera and the ‘Palmera’ Rivas. Before this, he was in the Mineros de Zacatecas and today he seeks to take a leap to other latitudes, through the FC Bayern World Squad program.
The young feline prospect explained to ESPN Digital: “My whole family likes soccer a lot and I liked it since I was little; my brother Jesús Antonio had a lot to do with it. He played soccer in Sinaloa, although not at a professional level, but he got injured and no longer continued practicing it” .
On the way in which youngsters and future soccer stars are trained in the Tigres, he affirmed that it is being done in an adequate way, although he recognized that at the time of ‘Tuca’ Ferretti little, or almost nothing, was repaired in the lower forces .
“With the ‘Tuca’ there was not much support for the youth, there was not much approach in basic. There was the rule of minors, but when I arrived I spent two years with the ‘Tuca’, I had to train with the first team. ‘Tuca’ called me, but he didn’t make his debut and, in fact, I didn’t even go to the bench. I never spoke with him … Erick Ávalos, my friend and colleague, did make his debut, and Edwin Cerna had already made his glass debut when I arrived “.
However, He trusted that with the arrival of Miguel Herrera to the institution of San Nicolás de los Garza, the panorama will ‘paint’ differently for young people: “Returning from vacation, Miguel saw some games, the whole board came to see us and they took about seven or eight to the preseason, and against Chivas there have already been several debuts.”
“I think Tigres works well with ‘guys’; we will see what happens with the new board, but I see that we are doing well, I think everything will be better,” he added.
On the other hand, he affirmed that his aspirations are to debut in the First Division, seek a place in the Mexican National Team and have, one day, the achievements that Rafa Márquez had with Barcelona of Spain.
Thing of the past
Manuel Aguilar assured that the mentality that was once attributed to Mexican soccer players, who were stigmatized a lot because it was said that they missed the chili and the tortilla when they had to go out to Europe, is a thing of the past.
“It is difficult to be away from family, but if you dedicate yourself to this, you have to sacrifice a lot. You have to have a very strong mentality. It may be sad, but it is what you are looking for, it is what you want to be … I have seven Brothers, I am the eighth, and I live in Monterrey, I do not live with my family; at 14 or 15 years after I went to Mineros, I separated from them. “
The litmus test
It was reported that, in the coming months, the 15 players who have just concluded the test stage in Mexico will be digitally trained by professional instructors from FC Bayern Munich and will receive personalized training plans.
In addition, they will have a game on August 6 in Munich, against the Sub 19 Branch of this club. which will be vital for the aspirations of these young footballers.