Andres Ibargüen he broke the silence and referred to his own turbulent exit from Club América, which ensured that it took place in a hostile environment due to the fact that he came to nod intimidated and threatened from a sporting point of view, all because azulcrema wanted to get rid of him.
The Colombian detailed how he was demoted from the team, to the point of not being taken into account by the coaching staff, although in the end today he lives another reality after leaving thighs and sign with Santos Laguna.
“I start the first semester after the PNB Cup, I manage to stabilize in eleven, unfortunately an injury occurs and after the injury I get infected with Covid. There was an approach that was economic first, where I disagreedThen I say there is a possibility of going out, he would have told me beforehand, I would have known, so I would also see that it would not be the only proposal, but already in the middle of the tournament it is difficult “. He said in an interview granted Fox Sports.
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“After the injury I started to have minutes from the bench. Then, with the decision that they won’t put me relatively, if I don’t do what they said, I said “no, that’s not what the club says, I have something signed, they can’t intimidate me with that either”. It was a discussion in which no agreement was reached. There were things that if I didn’t go, I wouldn’t play like I already did with some teammates. I told them relatively respectfully: “you can decide, I will always prepare well, if they dress me, I will have peace of mind”, he explained.
Not even with Piojo’s departure has the situation changed
Ibargüen indicated that at that time he came to believe that his situation could change with the departure of Miguel Herrera and his arrival Santiago Solari, although in the end this did not happen and he remained marginalized.
“It started because they paid less attention to me, then there were things that suddenly, if I wasn’t an athlete, I was extremely athletic. I kept getting ready, the time I was given to prepare came when I realized that I would no longer be Miguel (Herrera), I said “well, a new technician is coming, suddenly he could he had the opportunity while working ”. I’m in the first game and then I see you disappear overnight“, he finished.