What he can’t produce, he buys in Tijuana. Xolos became the “official supplier” of reinforcements for America, as they are more than 10 players in just over five years they left the northern border to wear the Eagles jersey, with Mauro Lainez and Jordan Silva as the latest cases.
Transfers from America that came from Xolos
The history of this relationship between Xolos and América began in 2014, when the Paraguayan defender Pablo Aguilar He was transferred to the Eagles, where he became a winning reference point in the League and CONCACAF championships.
Then they were Darío Benedetto and Cristian Pellerano. The former scored 26 goals in all the competitions he played in a year and a half as Azulcrema, while the restraint failed to be the expected player and spent only one semester (11 games) at Coapa.
For Apertura 2015 it has arrived Javier Güemez, but like Pellerano, failed to consolidate and left the club closing the 2017 Clausura.
Guido Rodríguez, the most successful of all
With only one year in Mexican football wearing the Xolos jersey, Guido Rodríguez left for America in the 2017 Apertura And from the first day it became a landmark, being the pillar for the Eagles to add another league title in the 2018 Apertura, an MX Cup and a Champions League, and from there in Europe with Betis from Spain.
He also arrived with Guido Carlos Vargas, a young defender who started having flashbacks with Xolos, who led him to the Mexican national team led by Juan Carlos Osorio, but in America he could not be noticed and ended up emigrating after five tournaments in Morelia.
Combo 3×1 la Clausura 2018
During the winter market 2018, the directives America and Tijuana agreed to a player exchange, which included Pablo Aguilar’s return to the border in exchange Henry Martín, Joe Corona and Emanuel Aguilera.
Corona was only two tournaments with 31 League and Cup matches, besides the fact that she was champion at Apertura 2018, her last tournament, from there she returned to Tijuana and then emigrated to MLS.
Henry and Aguilera remain in America. The first is one of the best scorers of the team and the second a pillar of defense, as well as the official penalty collector.
Two years later he reached Coapa Luis Fuentes, a veteran defender who came only for a six-month loan and who ended up staying longer due to his participation and leadership.
Lainez and Jordan Silva, last
Finally, for this 2021 Clause, in restructuring the American team without Miguel Herrera (who also led both clubs) at the helm, the Eagles again used their relationship with Tijuana to hire Mauro Lainez and Jordan Silva.
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