After the removal of Miguel Herrera from the bench of the Mexican National Team, in 2015 , Guillermo Cantú , former director of National Teams, thought of Jürgen Klopp to take charge of the 'Tri'. However, at that time the German had his desire to reach English football. Five years after that chapter, Cantú told how was that brief contact with the current Liverpool coach.
In an interview for TUDN , Guillermo Cantú recalled that chapter. " I asked through a third party if he was interested in the Mexico National Team and the message was I thank you, thank you very much, I still have a long way to go in this club and I want to go to England," said the current manager of the Braves of Juárez.
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However, Cantú specified that Jürgen Klopp was never even close to reaching the Tricolor since there was no direct contact with him: " He was never close to taking the Tricolor, I never spoke directly with him, it was through a third party, he I was still at Borussia Dortmund, "he said. So far, the only relationship that can exist between Klopp and Mexico was that match where Monterrey put Liverpool on the ropes in the last Club World Cup, even the German had a slight brush with Antonio Mohamed.
Prior to that comparison, the German coach acknowledged that he knows very little about Mexican soccer since he is very focused on what is happening in Europe. For this reason, he admitted the quality of Raúl Jiménez, who has had a great performance with Wolverhampton.
Osorio was chosen
Finally, Juan Carlos Osorio was appointed as coach of the Mexican National Team with the aim of classifying Russia 2018 without setbacks and playing a historic role in the World Cup. Two years after that World Cup, Cantú says he would hire him again despite the criticism that the Colombian took.
" He endured like few others, my respects, part of his great legacy was stoically enduring since before he arrived. I love Osorio a lot, in Mexico we treat him. If they tell me 'you are going to choose a DT who will end the 3 years with Efficiency 705 'I sign you 40 times. Osorio works at the highest level, his training is elite, "he concluded.
