The European footballers who have disappointed in Liga MX: Schuster, Luis García, Eusebio and more

During the Apertura 2023 the bomb signing was made Rayados de Monterrey with the hiring of Spanish Sergio Canalescoming from Real Betis from Spain, however, seriously injured his left thigh last October, missing the final part of the championship due to surgery. Without the midfielder, La Pandilla barely managed to reach the quarterfinals of the Liga MX being eliminated in a surprising way by the Atlético San Luis.

Now in a friendly against MazatlanHowever, he ruled out that it was a serious injury, as he assured that he left the field due to accumulated fatigue, since he did not want to take the risk of failing from last year's injury. Therefore, he said that he would be ready to appear on Matchday 1 of Clausura 2024 against the Puebla.

And although he still has this new semester ahead of him, if he does not shine or guide the team to fight for the title, he could join other European elements who passed through Mexican soccer at night despite their great poster.

Here we leave you some of them:

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After defending the jackets of The Palms, Barcelona B, Real Murcia and Eibarthe Spanish forward signed with the Cougars in 2016, but he only played seven games with four goals. After this experience, he returned to Spain with the Real Oviedo.

In 2012, the Spaniard was one of the strong bets that the U of Nuevo León made as media reinforcement, since in his career he had gone through the real Madrid, Spanish and Royal Zaragoza.

Even with his great poster of breaking networks, the European failed and some time later he confessed that there was an internal fight that threatened his performance, accusing friction with the Brazilian coach. Richard Ferretti.

His numbers were five goals and three assists in 30 games.

On the recommendation of his compatriot André-Pierre Gignacthe one of Algerian desc
ent failed to weigh in in Mexico, with 16 duels between the League and CONCACAF Champions Leaguescoring only four goals, emerging as League champion.

In January 2017, Tigers sold it to Toulouse FC for about six mde.

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The Frenchman had an early time in the San Nicolás de los Garza team, as he never fully showed himself, arriving from the Borussia Monchengladbach for not having much activity.

Kolo arrived for the 2017 Apertura, a year later he was loaned to the Saint-Etienne and later sold, after playing eight matches with Tigersscoring an assist and becoming League champion.

Ironically, the defender had indicated when he arrived at the club that he wanted to play for it for a long time, which did not happen.

The famous former coach of Barcelona and now helmsman of the Manchester City came in 2005 with the Sinaloa Dorados already in the twilight of his career, but he only appeared once on the scoreboard.

On the other hand, Pep dedicated himself more to criticizing the competition system of the Liga MX and despite having good teammates, the Spaniard went down with the Big Fish.

The Spanish multi-champion with the Barcelonanext to the Dutch Johan Cruyffcame to Veracruz at 34 years old in 1997. His performance was depressing, in 17 games he added three goals and one assist, so he was also relegated with the Jarochos in that tournament. Six months after being hired by the sharks, he decided to retire from the fields.

Pachuca decided to reinforce himself with the Spanish striker in 2012 after having shone with the Spanishthe Real societyHowever, he could do little in the Bella Airosa, since he only played six games, without scoring any goals, only one assist, so he undertook the trip back to Spain.

After a fairly successful time in the Old Continent, the German landed in Mexico to put on the jersey of the Cougars in 1997, being a very extravagant signing.

The selected one The Mannschaft He did not find himself in Aztec football and to make matters worse, in the middle of the season he used a toothache as an excuse to leave the club.

In the 1975-76 season, Striped signed the Portuguese legend, figure of the Benfica and World Cup winner in 1966, who unfortunately suffered a knee injury that prevented him from having the desired consistency, so he only played ten games, five as a starter, scoring just one goal.

Tigers has sought to repeat the winning formula of André-Pierre Gignac By bringing Frenchmen, however, they did not arrive with the same poster that Thauvin had, who was world champion with France in 2018.

Although the right winger was a champion with the cats, he spent the night on several occasions due to injuries, and on several occasions he was not taken into account by the coaching staff.

To make matters worse, in 2023 the Frenchman sued the club, but the latter made a countersuit in the TAS. A bad investment from The U.

The Romanian had just been champion of the UEFA Champions League on a couple of occasions with him Steaua Bucharest of his country and Red Star Belgrade from Serbia.

His signing with Atlantean It was a surprising media hit. The 1994 World Cup defender stayed with the Iron Colts for two years, from 1996 to 1998, but left without any pain or glory.

After having made his career in football in his country with the Turinhe Sampdoriaamong others, the defender was signed by the America in 1995, but he only stayed in El Nido for one year.

The reality is that the defender's actions were very discreet, which is why he quickly returned to Europe.

Another one who could have become champion in Mexico, however, he is not exactly remembered for his performance on the field.

Despite having once defended the jacket of France and the shirts of the AC Milan, Rome and PSGhis talent did not appear in the Liga MX, although there are some flashes. Although he won a league in 2018, his history is more remembered for his injuries and indiscipline.

Like others, El Toro achieved the goal of being champion with Stripedboth in the League and the Cup, but even more was expected from his services.

Accustomed to disbursing large amounts of money, Monterrey paid a million to the Tottenham of England by the Dutch.

The forward and selected of A Clockwork Orange He spent three years leaving 24 goals and five assists in 94 games and then went to his country with the Royal Antwerp.

Unlike those mentioned, there are other Europeans who did manage to stand out with their squads such as the Spanish Emilio Butragueño (Celaya), Michel Gonzalez (Celaya), Pablo Muñoz (Puebla), Isidro Lángara (Real Spain), Marc Crosas (Santo Laguna), Miguel Pardeza (Puebla) and Luis García Sanz (Puebla)as well as the Croatian Darko Vukic (Toluca)the Serbian Zdenko Muf (Tecos) and the french André-Pierre Gignac (Tigers).

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