Chivas they were left without another European technician when Jose Luis Higuera was part of the rojiblanca directive because it reached a verbal agreement with Ronald Koeman, current coach at Barcelona, with whom they negotiated for a year.
However, the Dutchman gave up leaving for Guadalajara, according to Higuera himself in an interview Half time.
“It was closed, It was something that I think was my most interesting negotiation in the whole time I was at Chivas, I learned a lot and today he is a great friend, We made a close friendship with him, we fell in love with him, it took us a year, to visit him, to make him fall in love with what he is Chivas“But I had to get some things and he said no,” he recalled.
Higuera remembered talking to several, including Frank Rijkaard Yes Ronald Koeman, in addition to three others with which there were several approaches. He considered one of them “top”, but thanked them, and Higuera denied that he was Marcelo bielsa Quique Setien.
“It simply came to our notice then stay with a historic world top that he told us it wasn’t a joke. But he really liked the essence I told him about Chivas, “he said.
Various sources assured that Higuera in that 2019 talked with Fernando Hierro Yes Julen Lopetegui.
“I think we would have done it another equally powerful story that with Matías, I think he would have been the best Chivas of the time because of the type of coach he has with the youth and the Basic Forces. I think he was a Chivas as Jorge (Vergara) dreamed at the time with such a valuable career, “he said.
Then they introduced Tomás Boy for four games, because they were exploring those European options, although in the end they ended up making the Chief Boy an official technician and not just an interim one.
“I’ve always said it’s only for four games and now, it was because I had the coach closedThat’s why you saw the bear because I said four and in the end I stayed with him, “he added.
HECTOR MORENO LEFT NOTHING
As a manager, Jose Luis Higuera He was also close to taking Chivas as reinforcements to Hector Moreno and with Javier Hernández there was an answer, although it was negative.
“With Hector Moreno I had a serious relationship with him and I went deeper, but hey, in the end because of some situations it didn’t happen. Javier (Hernández) has always been very clear, he has an incredible love for Chivas, but he is a focused player and focused on Europe at the timeHe remembered.
“It was never closeHe was very honest, he was always very cordial, very polite like Javier, he gave us our place, a healthy explanation. Héctor was close, but in the end there was a situation that, in the end, did not take place inside, but I was very close to bringing Hector and a technical director, we did it, but fate prevented us from doing so. “