The director of the Blue Cross assured that he did not change Hugo Sánchez to 50 percent the proposal so that he signed contract to direct to the set of the cement
MEXICO – Jaume Ordiales, Sports Director of the Blue Cross, Assured that the main reason why Hugo Sánchez did not become the cement team strategist was due to the fact that the Mexican coach was out of the budget allocated by the board.
“We were negotiating different situations. It happens directly because the budget of what I had authorized as a limit was raised. At one point I had to go through to see if we could get it and it was no longer possible, but it was not because it raised amounts , was a situation of the same group and of the amount that entered in global of what had been budgeted “, has admitted in an interview with ESPN.
Faced with the version he offered Hugo Sánchez on a last minute reduction in the agreed proposal, Jaume Ordiales he clarified, “I never, ever would, it doesn’t go through my mind, something is done to me that doesn’t go with me or Blue Cross. I don’t know why he made that statement. “
Ordiales stressed that during the negotiation with Hugo’s representative, there was an issue that did not please the authorities of the institution, in addition to the fact that the board was not interested in a strategist of a very high profile, for the which they opted for to choose Juan Reynoso.
“Talking to his representative came up with something that I would not like to air, that had to be resolved with the authorities of the institution, with the advice, that they did not like and did not like, but it was not just that’s the reason, when I returned the call the other day to the club, they told me that they were not going to continue with Hugo’s or anyone with a very high profile, we will try to see the plan b we had of someone identified with the institution and that was what we did, ”he added.
In the end the manager of the celestial set ruled out that Hugo Sánchez has conditioned high amounts and asked for more players as mentioned, so he has acknowledged that it was other factors that ended up not choosing the Mexican strategist.
“I tell you that many things have been handled that are not true, he did not condition higher amounts, nor did he want to bring more people, the reality is not, we always on the plane that we talk speak well and calmly, there were situations that must be given in any negotiation, and well at some point they did not allow it to move forward, “he concluded.