Alejandro Zendejas has been one of the most outstanding footballers in the Liga MX Opening 2022 tournament. The Club América winger has had a superlative performance and has been key in obtaining the super leadership of the competition. His good performance has not been overlooked and has led him to be considered to be part of the Mexican National Team.
In this sense, the extreme born in Ciudad Juárez has starred in a controversy that has lasted several days. Zendejas was considered by Gerardo Martino to play with El Tri in the scheduled friendly match against Paraguay. However, the Eagles player was not included in the list because he has not signed the One Time Switch, a document to change selection.
Zendejas has dual nationality and represented the United States in the under-15, under-17 and under-20 categories. However, he was considered for other processes with the Mexican National Team in youth teams and played a couple of friendlies with the senior team. This last situation has put the Mexican Federation in a real mess for lining up a footballer improperly.
According to reports, Zendejas did not sign the document to administratively change the federation and would have made it a condition that ‘Tata’ Martino include him in the final list to play the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The Argentine strategist indicated in the media communication that this attitude was unacceptable to him and that it was practically an ‘extortion’.
“Obviously, as a coach, I say that if the demand or doubt is whether or not you are going to go to the World Cup, in no way do I want a player who thinks that way. That is to say, it is almost like extortion, but the reality is that there was to sign a federation transfer document and the footballer said he was going to sign it and then he didn’t sign it, that’s what they transmit to me, I didn’t talk to the player”
– Gerardo Martino to TUDN
According to information from the TUDN network, Zendejas did not sign the One Time Switch because “when he was going to get on the club’s truck to go to the concentration, they came with the document for him to sign.” The soccer player would have indicated that he did not have time at that time to sign it and asked for time to be allowed to read it and decide whether he would sign it or not.
According to this report, the Federation later gave the version that the player had refused to sign. These are the two versions of the Zendejas case so far.
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