Jonny Magallón @ Club Atlético Lanús

Interesting, wasnt he going to the USL?

 

Sure, but will he be getting consistent playing time?

 

Sorry folks. I didn't see this thread until now.

"Voy a un muy buen equipo"

Six-month loan with an option to renew for six more months. Magallon becomes the 6th Mexican to play in the Argentine primera.

Lanus is the defending champion in the league. 30 team league. Single-robin tournament with 30 games played in a calendar year.

Lanus is also qualified for the copa sudamericana in the winter and copa liberatores next year. They are in the Octavos of the domestic cup tournament, Copa Argentina, against Boca and have tied their first game of the league, so far. The league is off this weekend.

So there's plenty of room for old-man Jonny to play.

 

Luis Hernandez at Boca
I forgot what player LaVolpe took with him to Velez?
Vuoso
Who else played in Argentina?

 

Found this -

http://www.90min.com/es/posts/28417...anos-que-probaron-suerte-en-la-liga-argentina

 

You could've read the article I posted. lol. They counted real Mexcian-born players, no foreign mercs.

 

My guess is Leon didn't want him and send his ass to Lanus for maybe a discount and future negotiations on a future young argentine prospect.

Unfortunately, Lanus doesn't have any prominent young studs I know of. Just some washed up dudes who had that "ragtag group of players winning the title under a loser coach sports movie" moment last year.

Their best goalscorer is 28 year old Acosta who injured himself last weekend after scoring a goal.

So my best answer is...drug money

 

Dude, drug money is too good for Magallon, who I considered a great defender in his prime 6 to 8 years ago, but now, I didn't even know he was still playing pro futbol until these news came up.

I do think however, that a few Mexican youngsters need to take a paycut and go play in Argentina to get some good experience.

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I meant drug money between the executives in Lanús and Leon.

I disagree with having to take a pay cut to go to a more competitive league. It's not his fault he was born a footballer in Mexico where he can have a good salary. If he wanted to be great he should've excelled and work hard for a chance at a European team earlier in his career. But he was never that good to begin with so that wasn't going to happen.

But some youngsters who aren't getting a shot in LigaMX and are in the reserves hellhole getting paid peanuts should definitely give South America a shot.

Though, it is nice that he's willing to not give up on his career lightly. Hope he does great, Except against you know who.

 

Mario Méndez

 

Already talking like a real Argentine fan.

 

i believe he will get playing time because the coach is mexican
http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol...81514/lanus-usara-a-jonny-magallon-de-central

 

Coach is argentine. But he has spent a lot of time in Mexico and is also dark as hell. So maybe that's where the confusion came from.

He will get a lot of playing time because Lanus is playing in at least 3 competitions and they needed a CB.

 

Scratch one tournament off for Lanus.

They lost 1-0 today (3-0 aggregate) in the second round of the copa sudamericana and are eliminated. Jonny was not called up nor was he featured in last weekend's boring ass 0-0 game against relegation-basement dwellers, Olimpo.

 

Looking at the game logs, this dude has only made the bench once in 6 games. He hasn't played in league competition yet. Can't say I'm surprised.

 

Well, that sucks because he hasn't played one minute yet. Lol

I'm sure he would be a star CB for an MMLS club.

 

Expected. Moving to a league at age 34 where nobody knows who you are is too risky.

Who has been our best export to Argentina? Mario Mendez? lol

 

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Matador scored a couple of goals in his 2-3 appearances with Boca. That's a success, right?