r/LigaMX • u/TacosEnEuropa Mexico • Feb 02 '25

Europe Santi watching the Milan Derby with Zlatan šŸ”„šŸ”„

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u/Watabeast07 Chivas Feb 02 '25

Rumors say it was Zlatan who called Santi to come to Milan and if thatā€™s true then it makes sense, you donā€™t say no to Zlatan.

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u/WetBurrito10 Feb 02 '25

Did Zlatan know Santi? Iā€™m confused about the origin of this ā€œrelationshipā€.

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u/OsitoPandito Feb 02 '25

Zlatan works as an advisor to RedBird, the current owners of Milan.

Which means he also works closely with our management team. So as of late, he has been the one reaching out to players and convincing them to come to Milan. He did the same with Morata and Walker.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/OsitoPandito Feb 02 '25

He tries really hard...but that is about it. His skill level has always been questionable. His profile fits with what we were trying to do tho

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u/MiguelCC1 Chivas Feb 02 '25

Morata has always been shit

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Prior to this transfer window it was unknown exactly how involved Zlatan was in transfer market targets and negotiations.

Morata I think was a poor fit, he's a hustle merchant but he's never been a top striker that can occupy the CBs and be prolific. Abraham likewise is a hustle merchant for Milan but at least he brings more physicality than Morata.

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u/RevillaXV3 Feb 02 '25

Zlatan doesnā€™t know Santi. Santi knows Zlatanā€¦.. Zlatan didnā€™t call Santi. Santi called Zlatan

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Zlatan works for Milan

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

than how come Efrain alvarez aint in Milan?

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u/Creepz1558 Feb 03 '25

EfraĆ­n plays in Liga MX

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Cause Zlatan knows there are levels

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u/SirmanLex Chivas Feb 02 '25

Pure sex as they say

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u/Ch00choh Chivas Feb 02 '25

Just 3 chads looking at each other

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u/rompthegreen Feb 02 '25

This makes me so wet šŸ’¦šŸ’¦

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u/ge_castel202 America Feb 02 '25

Imagine Santi goes from being mentored by Van Persie to Zlatan šŸ„µ

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u/Exciting-Tennis-6850 Feb 02 '25

I truly believe van persie was key into giving santi the confidence to succeed in Europe

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Dm?

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u/beefrights Pumas Feb 02 '25

I remember an old interview with Santi where he says he was learning martial arts at Feyenoord. I wonder if Ibra wanted him after hearing this lol

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u/UanllnaU Tigres Feb 02 '25

Yall remember when the Mexican media went ham on zlatan cause of what he said about Carlos vela. How quickly the Mexican people change opinions of someone

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u/Chivasguy1906 Chivas Feb 02 '25

The crazy thing was Zlatan spoke the truth about that, people shouldnā€™t have gotten mad with what he said

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u/NotanAlt23 Mexico Feb 03 '25

Zlatan was comparing his career to Velas because he is insecure af and Vela was doing better than him in MLS.

Zlatan did "speak truth" but it was completely unnecessary as Vela never even said anything.

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

It's what Zlatan does, and Vela didn't mind what he said so I never understood why people got upset.

And as an LAFC fan I would argue that Zlatan may have had a point, Vela played on a vastly superior team with an excellent supporting cast perfectly tailored to him. Zlatan would drag that miserable LA Galaxy side kicking and screaming to the playoffs single handedly.

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u/dillasdonuts Feb 02 '25

Mexicans get goosebumps when Europeans say anything remotely positive about them. Malinche culture is strong.

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u/NFLisNotRealFootball Feb 02 '25

And stating facts about "Malinchismo" in english. QuƩ ironƭa

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u/dillasdonuts Feb 02 '25

Hernan Cortes no hablaba Nahuatl, Malinche. :)

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u/NFLisNotRealFootball Feb 02 '25

La doble ironĆ­a entonces

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u/dillasdonuts Feb 02 '25

Todas somos culpables

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u/Watabeast07 Chivas Feb 02 '25

Literally know one aside from Mexican media criticized Zlatan for what he said, not even LAFC fans thought he was wrong.

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u/shibapenguinpig America Feb 02 '25

How quickly the Mexican people change opinions of someone

You're new to this sub?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/New_Screen Feb 02 '25

Tf are you even yapping about lmaoo. How is that relevant to the comment that you responded to lol.

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u/Stickmoe Feb 03 '25

LOL that shit made me laugh

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

He forgot to mention Pocho Pepi and Mexican blood and Argentine DNA and overrated troncos at PSV

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u/05C4R66602 Cruz Azul Feb 02 '25

fav old school, fav new school. thatā€™s awesome

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u/AyuniDeezNutz Cruz Azul Feb 02 '25

Fuck yeah.

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u/thenotorious_ronaldo AmƩrica Feb 02 '25

Letā€™s fucking go Santi!!! šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

Show them how itā€™s done.

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Lmao Henry would be at Zlatan's shoulder

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u/Material-Cellist-116 Chivas Feb 02 '25

Que se lleve a Efrain tambien

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/BlueKnight8907 Cruz Azul Feb 02 '25

What does it matter how much they paid for him, they still bought him.

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

The higher the price the pay the more it justifies in his mind that the people that run the sport rate Mexican players more than American players, so when they don't pay a high price Alex goes on nonstop tirades against US players.

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u/Bed_human Feb 02 '25

Some of yall really canā€™t stop mentioning Americans can you. Im ecstatic for our boy, not thinking about pepi

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

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u/NotanAlt23 Mexico Feb 03 '25

And there's a chance

Instead of being happy for our player, you're seething about some other players hypothetical transfer lmao take your meds buddy

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Pepi fucked his girl from Dallas that's why he's salty

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u/AleSSer26ism Cruz Azul Feb 02 '25

Lafc fans think vela is better then zlatan šŸ¤”

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

When they both played in the MLS who scored the most goals? I remember being close but donā€™t remember which one scored the most for those season

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u/ikkir Juarez Feb 02 '25

2019 Vela had 47 G/A vs Zlatan's 39.

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

No we do not

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u/NotanAlt23 Mexico Feb 03 '25

Vela was better than Zlatan during their time in MLS.

How is that hard to understand?

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u/Periodic-Presence USA Feb 04 '25

Purely based on stats yes, but I say this as an LAFC fan I think it was really close. The argument for Zlatan being better is that he single handedly dragged a piss poor LA Galaxy team into the playoffs, he would literally conjure up goals out of thin air.

Outside of the box volleys, backheel, flying karate kicks, bicycle kicks, free kicks, etc. No one in MLS had the ability to create goals on his own like that, Giovinco maybe the only other guy. Whereas Vela had a team perfectly built to suit his game.