For those not in the know Jordan Carillo is essentially the latest gem to come out of the Santos Laguna academy. He’s only 21 years old, and he played just 30 plus games for Santos’ first team before being sent abroad to Grupo Orlegi’s newly purchased Sporting de Gijón. The team plays in the Spanish second division, and now features quite a few former Santos Laguna players like Carlos Izquierdoz, and Juan Ferney Otero. As well as the aforementioned Carillo.
When Carillo got to Spain he did not see the field at all! Although he was being taken to the bench consistently it was hard for him to get time on the pitch. That has changed as of late though, and Carillo has since wowed fans of the Spanish club with his unique set of skills. Standing at 5 foot five Carillo has proven to be a quick wing player with a tremendous amount of potential.
Guys Like Carillo Are The Reason Grupo Orlegi Bought The Club
When Grupo Orlegi bought Sporting they were not shy about their intentions. Their intentions were to ship over products of their academy to Spain to have them compete in the second division. That’s exactly what they are doing with Carillo and other players from their youth ranks. That’s also the reason some of the guys that we mentioned previously are on the team. Arlegui has such a wide network of players, and they need more slots to fit them in.
If someone like Carillo bursts onto the scene in Spain and then gets transferred to a bigger club for 20, 30, 40 million euros that basically pays for the entire operation. Of course, they can develop Spanish players as well. Sadly for the Gijon fans it doesn’t seem to make much sense for Orlegui to push to have this team play in La Liga first tier.
Spanish Managers Need To Understand That
We are also talking today about Marcelo Flores at Oviedo. Let’s get a couple of things straight here. The reason why Mexican investment groups are putting money into these Spanish teams is to market them in the Mexican market! What does that mean? That they’ll Mexican players starting for these squads. To this day though it seems like the Spanish managers that they continue to bring on don’t understand the marketing aspect of things.
Maybe it’s time to go all in on the business model and bring in a Mexican manager for these clubs. Nacho Ambriz comes to mind as someone who has the UEFA license and can get the job done. Francisco Palencia could be another option. It doesn’t make sense though to bring on a Spanish manager that blocks your Mexican players if that’s the core business! All we’re saying is that sometimes things don’t add up. Although we’re referring more to the Oviedo situation than we are the Gijón one.
The Main Difference Between Sporting Gijón and Oviedo
Gijon was a team that Grupo Orlegi bought with the sense that they were going to have another avenue to showcase players. That’s exactly what they’re doing. Grupo Pachuca seemingly wants to do the same, but they took Real Oviedo from Grupo Carso, another Mexican conglomerate. Which were actually former partners of Pachuca. Perhaps the structure that was in place at the club wasn’t meant to help develop young players. Pachuca is currently dealing with the effects of that. The positive element to all of this is the fact that Pachuca has great academies in Mexico. They need to sort things out on the pitch quickly though, so they can avoid relegation! Gijon is in the same spot, but they seem to be clearer in what they want to do.
