Emmanuel Villa is recognized as one of the most lethal strikers in Liga MX in the last decade. The player came to Mexican soccer with Atlas de Guadalajara and played with Tecos de la UAG in his first stage in the league. Thanks to his good performances, he emigrated to European football. Upon his return, ‘Tito’ militated with Cruz Azul, a squad with which he showed the best version of himself. The Argentine striker, surprisingly, was later sold to Pumas de la UNAM.
For 2013, ‘Tito’ Villa signed with Tigres. However, the scorer could have had another destiny before reaching the UANL team. In a recent interview, Villa mentioned that he had the opportunity to play with América and that Miguel Herrera himself offered him a place on the team and promised him that he would be champion with the Águilas.
“Tigres did everything possible to sign me. ‘Tuca’ calls me and says: ‘Wow, do you want to come now? Now I do have a good relationship with the people from Pumas, even more so if they are not using you. It can be made easier for us.’ I told him: ‘wey, well yes’. In the end it was where I wanted to play when I had no other choice when I left Cruz Azul. It happened there and in a certain way I gave my word to Tuca'”
– Emmanuel Villa to Tiki Taka MX
‘Tito’ Villa reported on the Tiki Taka MX podcast that ‘El Piojo’ Herrera looked for him and told him that he had been looking for him for a long time to add him to his teams. Villa thanked Herrera for his interest, but told him that he had already given Ferretti his word. ‘El Piojo’, very much in his style, tried to convince ‘Tito’ Villa not to go to the UANL team. “Don’t go to Tigres, they’re not going to win anything. We’re going to be champions of everything,” Herrera told Villa.
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