Sebastian Cordova is the new reinforcement of Tigres. After the last tournament with the América club where he could not exploit his potential, conditions such as age, the functions he can perform for a team like Tigers and the demands of the campus will allow it to continue increasing its value in Nuevo León, not without paying a cost: the possibility of going to Europe.
Córdova is a player valued at 7.9 million dollars, which placed him in the top 3 within the América club (only surpassed by Pedro Aquino and Richard Sánchez), the same place he would occupy in Tigres (behind Florian Thauvin and Nicolás López). Until before his signing for Tigres, the midfielder was top 12 in Liga MX. His age, 24 years old, is substantial to contribute to raising his value in this new stage, since Transfermarkt specialists estimate that a player reaches his football development ceiling until the age of 30.
According to Luis Fernández, CEO of UnderData, a sports consulting company in scouting processes, Tigres is a good team to fulfill this task by exploiting the potential of the midfielder, since the technical director, Miguel Herrera knows him well “and he is clear about what he can ask Sebastián Córdova ”, something that Santiago Solari did not demonstrate in America.
“Córdova is a player who likes to have the ball and take it to the danger zone and I think that there he will be able to better associate with any of the forwards (André-Pierre Gignac, Nicolás López, Florian Thauvin), in addition, he reaches an environment with the confidence of Miguel Herrera, because the coach clearly chose him, over Alexis Vega, from Chivas, who was also at the table, “said Fernández.
In addition to the fact that the level of demand will increase in Tigres, from the footballers who will be surrounded, “line by line Tigres has a squad to be champion at any time and America does not, it is required to be champion always but did not have one. template to be, to compete, beyond the fact that it had been dragging good results ”.
Among the main virtues of Córdova are his ability to play in different positions, on the lateral defense band, accompanying the containment, on both bands, as a winger or as a midfielder; And due to the offensive game that it produces, during the 2020-21 season, it remained above the average in expected assists, which is why teams from Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal had shown interest in the footballer until April of this year, as reported by this newspaper.
Fernández pointed out that in America the player received around 17 million pesos annually, so he estimates that in Tigres he could earn a salary similar to that of Carlos Salcedo, around 20 million. In America he had a contract until 2025 and according to reports, the midfielder signed for four years with the Nuevo León squad.
In 2021 the player also won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, for him this was an exhibition platform for football from the old continent. This newspaper registered in April, according to the statistics of the youth squad of America, that he was ready to leave for Europe, however, Fernández assures that his dream may be frustrated after his signing with Tigres, since he doubts that having more than 24 years find an offer that is interesting both for the footballer on the salary issue, and for Tigres on the economic issue, that generates a change.
“It will be difficult for an offer from Europe to arrive that Tigres cannot improve, there will be the desire of the footballer to go to Europe and that he has to sacrifice economically, which I don’t see doing it. I think Córdova is a player who is very comfortable in Mexico and it is something that happens to many players, who reach a certain level of recognition and poster in the country and prefer to stay here, because also the career of a footballer is short and they they try to maximize the money they earn to have a mattress for the rest of their life ”.
Sebastián Córdova came to the América club when he was 14 years old, he played 99 games, got 16 goals and 8 assists. During the Apertura 2021, in which the team advanced as the leader to the quarterfinals, played 54% of the minutes and scored three goals.
“The context (in the last tournament) was different, even so, with Solari he had good numbers, there were minutes that had his best moments as a professional,” added Fernández. Continuity is key for the player to be considered in the Mexican National Team for the Qatar World Cup.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx