The Machine has a new executive president, Álvaro Dávila, who will take the position ahead of the start of the tournament
Alvaro Davila has been hired as Cruz Azul’s new executive president, a position he will assume starting Thursday, January 7, three days before the GUARD1ANES 2021 Tournament.
ESPN has been able to confirm that Dávila will have a position in the organization chart above Jaime Ordiales, who will remain as sports director, and it will be the former leader of the extinct Monarcas Morelia reporting to the chairmen of the Board of Directors, José Antonio Marín, and of Vigilance, Víctor Manuel Velázquez.
The news was first reported by David Faitelson, from ESPN, after which the chain’s also analyst, Jose Ramon Fernandez, confirmed, as well as several sources consulted.
The announcement was set to be made this Thursday via an institutional video featuring a statement to the media by Álvaro Dávila, who would take responsibility for representing Cruz Azul before the FMF and Liga MX’s Assembly of Owners.
Until now, the post of executive president – although according to Faitelson he could remain as director of operations, did not exist in Cruz Azul’s organization chart, as according to the football team’s statutes the president is always the general manager of the Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, although Following the arrest warrant issued to Guillermo Álvarez on July 29, both management positions were left, both at the club and at the cement company.