They looked for him of Italy, of Spain and preferred to return to Mexico with the FC Juárez. Job proposals were not lacking in Marco Fabián, Which revealed he was wanted by the historic Italian striker, Filippo Inzaghi, to play for Benevento, Who has just been promoted to Serie A and is led by the former footballer.
“I had proposals from outside Mexico, specifically I tell you that there was one to get to Italy’s Serie A with Pippo Inzaghi’s Benevento“Also in Spain there was another option, in the Middle East and Mexican football that was always in my head,” Fabián said in a talk with Javier Alarcón via YouTube.
Why did Marc Fabián return to Mexico?
With experience in Europe with the German Eintracht Frankfurt, in MLS with the Philadelphia Union and in the Middle East, the Gold medalist in London 2012 he accepted that family was the key factor in returning to his country, although he surprised the team with which he did so.
“Here were three options, everyone knows I spoke with Chivas, then with Blue Cross, But the project of Juárez looked for me and Memo Cantú convinced me. I am 31 years old, I wanted to be close to my family and he had the account pending to return to Mexico, what better than with a challenge like Juárez with everything they have projected not only in football, even in issues with El Pas, Texas. “
The agreement that Marc Fabián made with Xavi
Marquito’s last adventure abroad was under the orders of a football legend like Xavi Hernandez at Al-Sadd in Qatar, With whom he established a word arrangement that could not materialize on paper due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“At Al-Sadd I went with the idea of playing six months with Xavi, but with him I talked about staying longer. First it was to stay a semester to see if I fit in not only in football, but also in the way of life and then plan a one- or two-year contract, ”he recalled.
“Unfortunately the pandemic is crossed and in Qatar all football is suspended, I only played two or three games. When I went to the next tournament it was also postponed, the contractual situations are handled differently there with the sheiks, they offered me to stay a few more months, but I no longer wanted to be inactive “, he added in the interview with Alarcón.