The sports director of Pumas indicated that some teams have asked for Dinenno, so that they will not rule out a possible offer for the attacker.
Jesús Ramírez recognized that buying good players and promoting them to the Pumas, and then selling them, is and will remain the team’s philosophy, so he acknowledges that Juan Ignacio Dinenno will have to leave at some point and they are preparing for that for, as happened at his time with Ismael Sosa, Nicolás Castillo or Carlos González.
The sports director of the UNAM club explained in an interview with ESPN Digital, “Imagine, in the case of Carlos González you try to hold him, but when they come and tell you ‘here’s the money’. And if there are no tickets, if there is no sale of trash and all that stuff, the truth is that the pandemic is a huge economic problem because if it’s not selection and sponsorship, then where do you get money?
“We don’t have a company that supports us and says, here’s the money. The truth is that the work of Polo (Leopoldo) Silva’s engineer with the administrative area has been titanic. Add to some payroll and anything that generates a very good amount of money generated by the PCR tests, which is also a huge expense … So even if you sometimes don’t want to sell to a player, the situation forces you ” .
When asked whether the technicians already arrive at the Pumas with this starting point, he replied: “It is good that you ask me, because it is not easy to choose a technician here. First, there is capacity, but the next and one of the most important is that it has to adapt to Pumas philosophy, not Pumas to a technician ”.
“It happened to me, that’s why I think it was a congruent decision to leave Andrés (Lillini); When I spoke to him, he knew perfectly the philosophy, the obligation, in quotation marks, to play with children, because that’s what we have and I tell you, the margin of choice is smaller ”.
– Because of that philosophy that Pumas manages, will Dinenno also be sold at any time?
Well, look, I think if he does the season he did, it’s normal for someone to come and ask for it. So we have to be prepared because we have to bring someone with us now. “
Likewise, Jesús Ramírez pointed out that when they sell players to this class, they should also continue with their belief to train players and take advantage of the blank they can have with Pumas Tabasco. All this also implies the fact that it has been decided to bring forward the experience of the Panamanian Gabriel Torres.
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“It takes Gabriel a little height, but he adapts … He has experience and adapts to what Andrés (Lillini) wants, after seeing several options”.
“During a conversation with engineer Silva and Andrés, it was decided that he was the one to come. I see him very willingly, with many wishes; hopefully everything he has done, he is clearly a goalscorer, come and contribute to the team ”.
‘Chucho’ Ramírez clarified that ‘Gaby’ Torres will not come to the Pumas as a free agent: “Of course not, he belongs to the University of Chile. He got a loan for a year, with an option to buy … Actually, the board led by the engineer ‘Polo’ Silva has made a great effort, because there is no ‘wool’, there is no way how .. but of course we had to strengthen that position.
“In any case, the children were involved in our project; in this case Montejano, who plays in that position. Regardless of whether he comes (Torres), Andrés will definitely give the kids minutes, as has happened since last season, where young people train with the first team, they go with Pumas Tabasco, they come back, they can go to the bench, or through Andrés himself are used. In other words, the movement of the local players continues ”.
As to whether Gabriel Torres has already earned a place as a benchmark as an attacker, he replied: “Yes. Obviously, you have to prove everything you’ve done. As I said, we saw different options for striker and Andrés was the one who most caught his attention among all that was presented to him. And I had seen it before. It was an explicit negotiation, it was resolved in two days ”.
He said what struck the Panamanian the most is that “he plays very simple, defines well and scores goals. He has selection experience in Libertadores, in South America; I think it is a good contribution for a team that is full of of children, to promote their growth. Their job is to score goals, but their contribution to the team is also very important. “
– How long will you continue this philosophy to bring players who perform for them and if they perform, sell them?
“Well, that’s what characterizes Pumas: the players are empowered, they play, and logically other teams come. During the tournament, there were unofficial offers from Dinenno, from Mozo; In other words, they ask for different players and there they are. Pumas Tabasco much more important because it gives the kids minutes to grow up, as it happens with players like Jacob Morales (21 years old), or like Jesús Rivas (10 years old) ”.