After passing through Europe, “Paleta” Esqueda considered that he would have offers in Mexico, but considers that Tigres has frozen him in national football
After Mexico’s title in the 2005 U-17 World Cup, Enrique Esqueda became one of the great promises of Mexican football, “El Paleta” made his debut in the first division of America and from there he made his way to Pachuca, Tigres, Veracruz and Chiapas; Esqueda tried his hand at Polish football, and his last club was East Bengal of India.
Front He was looking for a new opportunity in Mexican football, but considers that he failed due to a contractual dispute he had with the Tigers a few years ago., so he said it exclusively for ESPN.
“I think the doors are closed by the Tigers, I think they are completely closedMoreover, I think they vetoed me, I never asked the top managers, but I’m more than sure, somehow I had made a name for myself in my country, I had played for a few years and I supported myself. he was still there, and from time to time I had no offer here in Mexico in any division.
“After playing in Europe I thought the doors would open again, I saw many cases of teammates going to Europe and simply coming back and playing in Mexico, I thought it would be the same case. with me, I was playing the previous Europa League, I scored goals in Poland and it went pretty well and I had no offer in Mexico and I’m sure it was due to the Tigres veto“.
Esqueda showed the managers of the northern team not to treat many footballers who pass through their ranks with human qualities.
“They abused the player, it is a reality that many of those who treated me very badly are no longer present, but it is something specific, it is something related to contracts and what happened to so many, I disappear with your hand in waist, I do not tempt your heart because in the end for them you are just a product, what hurts me the most is that you work so long for something, to get and form a business that suits you to benefit probably for the rest of your life and nowhere do I turn off the switch, turn off the light and it’s over. “
“Tuca” Ferretti is a great guy and, as you say, he pays a lot for the human being. I had a very good relationship with Ferretti and I am sure that if at some point I will dial him on the phone, answer me and I will have no problem having a conversation with him, the problem is the people in long pants who dedicate themselves closing companies to move the papers and make them disappear ”.
On the other hand, “El Paleta” confessed that the coronavirus pandemic was a severe blow to his sports career.
“I came back from India, which was my last team and my last tour, the pandemic came in, my daughter was born and I stayed here for a while because of my daughter’s birth, then the virus problem came up and I couldn’t go on. nowhere, because this error was quite complicated all over the world and brought us all upside down.
“After I had some offers, I had to say no out of fear, I wasn’t going to risk it in any way, that’s why I’ve been staying for a long time, of course I’d like to play at least one again or two years after I retire, I want to retire playing football and not because of a dirty beating that gets us all upside down, “Esqueda said. ESPN.
At one point, Carlos Reinoso highlighted Enrique Esqueda on Javier Hernández, a comparison that at that time transformed the Mexican football environment, but the striker who left Club América does not like much.
“The truth is that it never affected me, it never affected me mentally, rather the media gave it a huge turn, it was an issue that started to comment from all sides, but it never affected me, which I think is Carlos Reinoso should have applied that phrase to me, there was no reason to express it when Javier was already in the best team in the world. The right thing was for him to come and give me that phrase and motivate me, there was no reason to say it in the national media, in the end a dilemma broke out about the fact that Enrique was better than ” Chícharo “and probably give in terms of technical skills, but the facts are there, Javier has played in the best teams in the world and their number is huge,” said Esqueda.
“Paleta” hopes to return to the field of play to end his playing career and then start a career as a coach or manager, even one of his big dreams is to return to work one day at Club América.
“Of course, I would like to return to America, it is an institution that has opened its doors to me since I was 13, then I spent 10 years in the institution and I think I left a mark, of course I would like to be again part of the club, I always said that for me to feel the most to be in a field and to dress in sports, I like to be on the field dressed in shorts and soccer shoes because that is what I’ve done it all my life, of course I’d love to go back to America and it’s one of my dreams, “Esqueda concluded.