The Chivas they had no other European technician then Jose Luis Higuera was part of the rojiblanca directive and an oral agreement was concluded with it Ronald Koeman, current coach of Barcelona, with whom they negotiated for a year.
However, the Dutchman gave up going to Guadalajara, Higuera himself said in an interview with Media tempo
It was closed, It was something that I think was my most interesting negotiation in the whole time I was in Chivas, I have learned a lot and today is a great friend, I made a close friendship with him, we fell in love with him, it took us a year to visit him, to make him fall in love with what he is Chivas, but I had to get some stuff and he said no, ”he recalled.
Higuera remembered talking to several, including Frank Rijkaard Y Ronald Koeman, in addition to three others with whom there were more approaches. He considered one of them “top”, but thanked them and Higuera denied it was Marcelo bielsa The Quique Setien
“I have or could interview sit with a historic world top that he told us that was no joke. But he really liked the gist that we told him about Chivas, ”he said.
Various sources assured that Higuera chatted in that 2019 Fernando Hierro Y Julen Lopetegui
“I think we would have done it another story that is just as powerful that with Matías, I think he would have been the best Chivas of the time because of the type of coach he is with young people and Basic Forces. I think it would have been a Chivas like Jorge (Vergara) dreamed at the time with such a valuable quarry, ”he said.
That time was when they introduced themselves Tomás Boy for four gamesbecause they were exploring those European options, although they ended up making Chief Boy an official technician and not just an interim technician.
“I always said it was only for four games and now, it was because we closed the busThat was why, and you saw the bear, because I said four and we ended up sticking with it, ”he added.
HÉCTOR MORENO ALSO LEFT NOTHING
In his walk as a manager, Jose Luis Higuera He also came close to taking Chivas as reinforcement to Héctor Moreno and with Javier Hernández there was an answer, although it was negative.
“With Héctor Moreno I had serious contacts with him and we went deeper, but hey, in the end it didn’t happen because of some situations. Javier (Hernández) was always very clear, he has an incredible love for Chivas, but he is a focused player and it then had its focus on Europe‘He remembered.
Never was closeHe was very honest, he was always very cordial, very polite as is Javier, he gave us our place, a healthy explanation. Héctor was close, but in the end there was a situation that eventually did not arise inland, however I was very close to bringing Hector and a technical director, we did, but emergencies prevent us from doing that. “