To the staunch rival: Mark Delgado leaves the Galaxy and arrives at LAFC

Marco Antonio Delgado, better known Mark Delgado, will begin a new adventure in the MLS, The curious thing is that it will be with the LAFCstaunch rival of Galaxyteam where he played. The Californian midfielder will join the Black & Gold after 3 seasons with the Galaxy, where he scored 5 goals and sent 14 assists in 91 games, of which 83 were starts. The club led by Steve Cherundolo made the news official this Wednesday through a statement released on social networks. “LAFC has acquired midfielder Mark Delgado from the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for $200,000 in General Allocation Funds (GAM) for 2025 and $200,000 in General Allocation Funds (GAM) for 2026,” the club revealed in the publication. Mark Delgado is Black & Gold. 📝 #LAFC acquires midfielder Mark Delgado in exchange for $200,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) and $200,000 in 2026 GAM. — LAFC (@LAFC) January 22, 2025 “Mark. He is a player we know well from his distinguished career in the MLS. We believe that Mark’s energy and technical skills complement our midfield group incredibly well, and It’s even more exciting to add a player who grew up playing in Southern California. to help us in our goal of competing for multiple trophies in 2025,” explained John Thorrington, co-president and general manager of the sports institution. Mark Delgado was an important piece for the Galaxy’s operation and that he will arrive at LAFC to reinforce the team before the departure of Ilie Sánchez and the possible departure of Mateusz Bogusz, who is said to already have an agreement with Cruz Azul of Liga MX and it would leave a big hole in the Los Angeles team. “We would like to thank Mark for everything he has done on and off the field for our club.. He has been an important part of our group for the last three seasons and has played a key role in helping the Galaxy to their sixth MLS Cup title. We wish Mark all the best,” LA Galaxy general manager Will Kuntz said in another statement. Keep reading:· What is missing for Mateusz Bogusz, LAFC player, to sign with Cruz Azul?· LAFC lets its captain Ilie Sánchez go after three seasons· Carlos Vela in charge of the LAFC casualties

Diego Alonso and Vicente Sánchez the Cruz Azul candidates in case Anselmi leaves

The Uruguayans Diego Alonso and Vicente Sánchez are the two main candidates to take over as the technical director of Cruz Azul from the Argentine Martín Anselmi, who according to unofficial versions is living his last minutes as coach of the Blue Machine by accepting an offer to direct the team. Port of Portugal. By virtue of the surprising news of this offer for the cement technician, The high command of Cruz Azul is moving to try to close the signing of Alonsowho already coached Pachuca and Monterrey in the Liga MX, being crowned champion with the Tuzos in the 2016 Clausura tournament. So far Alonso is without a team after his bad moment with Panathinaikos in Greece, where in 17 games he only won seven, drew five and lost the same number of games. Besides The Uruguayan coach has experience in the MLS at the helm of Inter Miami, as well as Sevilla of Spain, among other teams. Other candidates are the Portuguese Renato Paiva, the Argentine Gabriel Milito and the Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, but the latter will take control of the team until June, Anselmi’s departure a fact Unofficial versions assure that Porto FC is willing to pay the clause of 5 million dollars for the termination of Anselmi’s contract, with which Iván Alonso would close the signing of his cousin Diego Alonso, to try to maintain the same idea in the technical management of the cement producers. The truth is that it will be within the next few hours when Anselmi’s departure for Porto will take place after the company that represents him began negotiating with the Portuguese team for six months the option of hiring Anselmi. until Monday night when he decided to inform the Cruz Azul board of his decision to leave Mexican soccer. ✍🏻 THE NAMES TO REPLACE ANSELMI. Luis Castillo revealed names that are close to arriving at Cruz Azul in the summer: * Renato Paiva * Gabriel Milito * Guillermo Almada *Diego Alonso pic.twitter.com/eUMbnAW2uu — RECORD DIARY (@record_mexico) January 22, 2025 It should be noted that Anselmi would go to the European team accompanied by his coaching staff who is made up of Facundo Oreja, Luis Patur, Diego Bottaoili, Alberto Sigata and Darío Herrera, who have his back and know their leader’s work method. Given this eventuality, Those from Cruz Azul don’t even get hot from the sun, because the news of Anselmi’s departure takes them with their fingers on the door, since they had designed a squad to fight for the title again after in the 2024 closing tournament, they were one step away by losing the final with America in that controversial penalty against Argentine Rodolfo Rotondi against Israel Reyes As well as the defeat in the semifinals of the Apertura 2024 against América itself due to another controversial penalty committed again by Rotondi and that spoiled the Machine’s plans to lift the tenth crown in its history. Continue reading:– Is Cruz Azul left without a coach? They assure that Martín Anselmi will coach Porto– The president of Cruz Azul fears for his life and holds Billy Álvarez’s family responsible– Diego Alonso, former coach of Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team, is fired from Panathinaikos

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