Beyond the fact that the Uruguayan striker Jonathan “Cabecita” Rodríguez and coach André Jardine wanted to pretend at all times that their relationship in América was cordial, the reality was very different, as this Friday, the gunner himself revealed in the introduction to his new team, Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS), pointing out that the Amazonian technical director removed him from the team, without yet knowing for sure the reasons for this decision.
J.onathan Rodríguez did not miss the opportunity to clarify the entire series of rumors that surrounded his arrival to the Oregon State team, after his plans were to succeed in America in Liga MX.
“I feel very good, I haven’t stopped for a second since I was in Mexico. Yes I missed a couple of games, but it was due to the coach’s decision to leave me aside, but obviously I was training, I participated with the team’s reserve team, I did preseason, I am very happy, happy to be here and I can’t wait to be authorized the visa to be able to play,” said the controversial player.
The so-called “Cabecita”, a player with a reputation for having a very complicated character He had no qualms in pointing out coach Jardine as the person responsible for not continuing in the American project any longer, especially that after passing through Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul and América, he has concluded his cycle in Mexican soccer and now He will focus his batteries on success with the Portland Timbers of the MLS.
“I had the expectation that I wanted to be on a team in the MLS, that is, I felt like I had completed a cycle in America, I wasn’t having as much participation as I intended. Thank God the door opened for me and one is grateful,” said the Uruguayan gunner.
Jonathan Rodríguez preferred to see the positive side of his arrival to the MLS pointing out that it is a step forward in his career and the way for the coach of his country’s national team, the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, to focus on his performance and have an opportunity.
“I am very happy, I hope to do better than I was before and I hope to contribute.” He hopes that this same activity will take him back to the Uruguayan national team, an illusion that remains very current, to the point of dreaming of being in the 2024 Copa América, which will precisely be held in the United States,” he concluded.
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