Henry Martín was close to going to Chivas de Guadalajara, but now he is a figure of América.
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After being despised by the board and coaching staff of the Águilas del América for his lack of goals and high salary, striker Henry Martín lives a sweet moment and has tops the Liga MX scorers table.
The ‘Bomba’ has scored eight goals in 13 games of the 2022 Opening Tournament, in addition to scoring one more in the Leagues Cup and two goals in the series of friendlies that the people from the capital faced in the United States against the European giants Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid.
The great moment of Henry Martín invites us to think that the coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino will take him to the World Cup in Qatar 2022 with Mexicoin addition to there are several European clubs that probe him ahead of the winter pass market.
In an interview for ESPNthe 29-year-old attacker reviewed when at the beginning of the tournament the Azulcremas tried to get rid of him in various ways, including they offered it to their maximum rival Chivas de Guadalajara. But far from lamenting that moment, Martín is proud that the best teams in the first division tried to hire him.
“If a change was made, I preferred to go to Chivas to be in a big one. Chivas is one of the largest in Mexico”
Henry Martin
In the conversation with the sports network, he even stressed that he made a joke of the fact that His teammates told him that he was “everyone’s girlfriend” in Liga MX. Bravos de Juárez, Cruz Azul, Pumas de la UNAM and Chivas were the clubs with which he was linked the most.
But now as the scoring leader and once again a figure in America, Martin’s head is focused on taking the 14 to Coapaas the sports director Santiago Baños promised the fans, in addition to keeping the scoring title, something that a azulcrema player has not won for several years.
On whether he felt pressure for all the goals that the Eagles have as a whole, the ‘Buffalo’ took the opportunity to throw flowers at his coach Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortizthe leader of this successful project and who took the team in the ashes left by the “toxic” Santiago Solari.
“Tano handles pressure very well and that makes us play loose and better, you can see that on the pitch,” said Henry Martín about the Argentine boss.
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