Los Angeles is revolutionized with the arrival of Welshman Gareth Bale and Italian Giorgio Chiellini at LAFC to try to win a Major League Soccer title for the first time. The renewal of Mexican striker Carlos Vela, who is the institution’s captain and designated player, is also good news.
The Mexican of 33 years of age renewed with Los Angeles Football Club until 2023 and acknowledged that his signing had nothing to do with the arrivals of Bale or Chiellini: “This was from before, it was something we had been working on for a long time. I wanted to continue here, continue enjoying LAFC and the fans. Then comes the icing on the cake with those reinforcements, which make us even more excited”.
Then they asked him about Bale’s arrival and he left him a warning about the level of the MLS.
“This league is physical. If he is in good shape and comes with a good mentality, it is going to be very important. He comes from Real Madrid, I don’t have to talk much about him because we know how good he is. What I could tell him is that he has to come to work. The league is not as easy as they say. If he comes in good shape, with a good attitude and mentality, it will be very important for us and I hope he can bring that level to win trophies”, he said at a press conference.
Then he left his message about the stars that keep coming to Major League Soccer.
“It’s nothing surprising. This league, in recent years, has increasingly brought in younger people, at a better level, not as much as before when they were before they retired. This speaks to how well the league works and how much they want to grow and show that they can be a great league. I think they are on the right track. If they continue like this, they will soon be one of the best leagues in the area, for sure, and well, in the world. We know how they are in this country, that all the other sports leagues are the best there are and they don’t want to be left behind in this one,” he argued.
He did not want to go to Mexico
A lot was said about the future of this skillful striker from left-handed profile and acknowledged that offers came to him from the MX League of his country and he did not want to take them. Another option he had was to return to European football, but right now he is comfortable in Los Angeles.
“I had an offer, I talked to some people from teams in Mexico, but my first option was to stay in Los Angeles. My second choice was to look at options in Europe,” he reported.
He also made it clear that his return to the Mexican National Team is ruled out, as he stated at the time: “No, I already said it, it’s up to young people, it’s up to other people to be in the World Cup. From here to support them, I hope we can reach that fifth, sixth or seventh game that we Mexicans love so much, ”he concluded.
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