Chivas transfers: Why José Madueña was not on the Liga MX transfer list

Jose Antonio Madueña, defender of Chivas de Guadalajara, got on the fold among the brand new reinforcements hired last December for the canceled 2020 shutdown of the Liga MX, but the little activity, a few injuries, and the remarkably low performance shown this year seemed his quick exit in this pass market after not being considered by the coaching staff leading Victor Manuel Vucetich, but it wasn’t and the uncertainty of it Why was it not on the transfer list for the 2021 Guard1anes tournament?.

The first team of the Guadalajara Sports Club arrived on December 17 at the exclusive tourist area of ​​Playa del Carmen, to start the preparatory work a day later and where it remains until December 23, when the return to La Perla Tapatia is on his agenda, to break the lines on the eve of the Christmas holidays. They will wait a day for the return a friendly against Santos Laguna. So they will go back to work in the facilities of sports city Verde Valle on Saturday, December 26, to round off the last part of the preseason.

Madueña, aged 30, arrived at Chivas as one of the first hires announced by the sports director’s budding and revolutionary management Ricardo Peláez and with the aim of competing for the position of right back in the first line-up of the then coach Luis Fernando Tena with the holder Jesus “Chapito” Sánchez, which after the failure of Josecarlos Van Rankin in his attempt to take over that place, at the express request of the former coach Jose Saturnino Cardozo and that ended with his next loan to Santos Laguna.

The experienced right back premiered with the red and white shirt as a starter, on February 1, in the 2-2 draw with Atlético de San Luis and on the following date, it repeated itself in the 3-0 fall against Tigres UANL in San Nicolás de los Garza. This during an injury to the “Chapo” Sánchez and that seemed to be enough for Tena, who only took him as a substitute in the 1-1 pact with Monterrey on March 15, in a desolate Akron Stadium behind closed doors ahead of the imminent arrival of the coronavirus pandemic or Covid-19, which forced the cancellation of this 2020 closing tournament after 10 disputed dates. In total 205 minutes on the track and a mediocre performance.

Madueña did not return to action until the arrival of “King Midas”, as Vucetich is known in the Mexican football environment, who only needed him during this Guard1anes 2020 as a substitute in the 1-0 fall against Toluca, on August 24th. and then, on September 9 in a 1-1 draw with Querétaro at Akron Stadium. 49 minutes was more than enough for the new coach, who did not include him in his subsequent championship calls and was only seen as reinforcements to the Chivas U-20 category, leaving a match due to injury.

The defender, who would it be intended by Necaxa in this market, was not on the transfer list published by the Chivas board last week, and it was Josecarlos Van Rankin after returning from his assignment with Santos Laguna. But this would not be a barrier to a possible exit ever since Walter Gael Sandoval It was also not on that list and was already used as reinforcement Mazatlan FC. Madueña has an ongoing contract with the rojiblancos until December 2022, but Van Rankin’s pre-season inclusion and his evaluation by the coaching staff could provide a final decision for the rival of an established player’s right-back. Jesus Sanchez.