The president of Liga MX and interim commissioner of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), Mikel Arriola is focused on promoting the development of football throughout the Aztec nation by 2025 and demonstrate that the country has all the qualities to be one of the greatest American powers in this sport.
These statements were made during an interview offered to journalist Olga Hirata, where he highlighted that his intention for this new year is for the national team to have an intelligent strategy to be able to consolidate young talents and thus be able to perform well on their way to becoming in the next stars of Tri.
“We have to focus this year on the selection having a lot of activity, but intelligent activity. The coach has been deeply strategic in his planning, and we, from the federation, will provide him with all our support. There is a clear commitment to strengthen the work structure at all levels,” said Arriola.
The manager highlighted that the youth categories have registered important advances and this is something that they must maintain in the different international competitions that are held every year so that they accumulate time on the field of play against the best from other countries.
“We had a very young team competing in South America with positive results. Furthermore, some clubs are aligning themselves with this vision by integrating players under 23 years of age, which motivates us to continue insisting on the development of young talent.. These achievements show us that we are on the right track. We must continue to support youth and offer them platforms for their continued growth,” he said.
To conclude, Mikel Arriola highlighted that it is also important to have better training development in the professional field so that young people feel this as a real job to which they must give everything they can to be able to shine.
“2025 is an opportunity to consolidate what we have been building. If we work together, Mexican soccer will have a more solid foundation for the future,” he concluded.
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