Miguel Ángel Gil Marín and Óscar Mayo traveled yesterday to the Mexican city of San Luis de Potosí, where Atlético de Madrid has its Liga MX affiliate. Both Atlético executives will have meetings during these days with their Mexican counterparts and are shaping the future of the entities. They attended the match against Necaxa, with a 3-0 defeat for San Luis.
Although the result was not the best, there is an important development concerning sports and specifically Atlético de Madrid, which comes precisely from San Luis. It is the imminent arrival of Severiano García Ruiz, the current sporting director of the Mexican and Canadian franchises. The Mexican is 37 years old and will face his most important challenge, joining the sporting management of Atlético de Madrid.
Everything indicates that he would join the Atlético club and be one of Carlos Bucero's right-hand men, although his exact role at the club still needs to be defined. The good work done by the Mexican in the two Atlético franchises promotes this promotion for the former Atlas football director and TV Azteca business director.
The Experience of the Franchises
He has great experience despite his youth and is highly valued by Miguel Ángel Gil Marín. The club's idea is for him to work from Madrid and continue overseeing San Luis and Ottawa, and any potential franchises they may have.
Under the sporting director's leadership, Atlético de San Luis has established itself as one of the most important teams in Liga MX. Last season, they fell in the semifinals against Monterrey, after winning the first leg 2-1, the San Luis team succumbed at Estadio BBVA 5-1, a harsh defeat that left them out. The Catalan coach, Domenec Torrent, was chosen to lead the team and could not have been more successful.
Severiano is One of the Chosen Ones
Torrent, one of the great assistants and disciples of Pep Guardiola, has coached 24 matches, winning 50% of them and establishing himself as a coach. It was undoubtedly, for many, Severiano García Ruiz's number one success at San Luis, as well as the signing of Juan Manuel Sanabria who came from Atlético de Madrid.
The Uruguayan has established himself as the team's captain and at 24 years old, he seems ready for a greater challenge. Who knows if, with Severiano's guidance, he could end up returning to Madrid, for now, it is not considered. The option of seeking a stronger sporting director for the summer is also not closed, with Severiano working alongside him.
What is certain is that the most important media outlets of the San Luis team have confirmed it, information that was previously reported by RELEVO. Journalists Marcos Durán and Matteo Moretto confirmed that the Mexican was one of the options for the club, and it seems that it will be so. The idea would be to integrate the three sporting directions into one, which the Mexican executive will oversee.