Emilio Azcárraga backs Santiago Baños’ work 👏 | OneFootball

Santiago Baños has undoubtedly been the most criticized person by América fans in recent years. Ever since his arrival was announced in 2017, there have been many criticisms, as just a few years earlier, he was Miguel Herrera's assistant.

While it is true that his work has not been bad at all in terms of sporting achievements, what has been questioned the most are his signings; often leaving positions without reinforcements and even bringing in players who did not have what it takes to play for América.

Emilio Azcárraga, the owner of the team, spoke in an interview with TUDN and among many topics, addressed the permanence of Santiago Baños as the club's sporting president and highlighted that he has achieved something unique at América.

“We have set the standard at América very high; here, you either win the championship or you fail. It is my responsibility and that of the people at the club to be there. The psychological work is fundamental for their development, but also to reach four consecutive finals. And although we failed against Toluca, we must analyze what is being done well in the psychological and sporting aspects; because the ‘Fuera Baños’ (Baños Out) is also there, hashtag ‘Fuera Baños’; Santiago Baños reached four consecutive finals, you can criticize him for having made a bad signing and surely that was the case, but the work is there.”, were his words.

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What Emilio said is truly interesting because he is right that Baños has done a good job in some aspects and admits that he can be criticized for some bad signings, but it is also true that those four consecutive finals went from good to bad, as he weakened the squad by selling very good players and was not able to adequately replace them.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.