Marioni Going to Pachuca
By: Alan | May 30th, 2008
It’s official, Marioni has sold his soul to the devil, I mean Pachuca.
The deal was announced yesterday and although the full terms haven’t been outlined, Atlas is expecting to receive either one or more players or some of the money that Atlas paid Boca Juniors to get Marioni in the first place.
President Fernando Acosta added, a bit bitterly, that he was surprised at how fast Marioni reached an agreement with Pachuca, noting that Atlas was in negotiations with him for about a week and all it took Pachuca was a couple of hours. In Mexico we have a proverb that seems to fit this situation well “con dinero hasta el perrito baila” translated it would be “with money even the dog can dance”, I believe it applies, feel free to use it. Of course I am aware that this proverb makes Marioni a dog.
Other players being sought out are Juan Carlos Medina, by Morelia and Pachuca (again), and Christian Valdez by Jaguares. However, Acosta commented that he wants to keep the team as intact as possible. In terms of acquisitions Acosta said that there has been talk about the Brazilian Robert de Pinho, who has played for Atlas before (2004-2005), after he was put on the transfer market by Monterrey.
News to me is the fact that Atlas is either broke or stingy, because for every player either leaving or coming into Atlas, president Acosta feels it’s necessary to add the fact that he must look to see if the deal is economically possible, or if the team can make that type of economic commitment.
It seems again that money makes the world go round, where are the Tim Duncans in football who are willing to take a paycut for the sake of the team? I know Mexican soccer doesn’t pay as high as some of the more prestigious leagues, but the case of Marioni is especially irritating because after losing to Boca he said he felt the job was incomplete and wanted to come back to Atlas to finish said job. Right…
Dance dog, dance.
Category: Atlas Team News
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What a greedy and selfish bastard. I thought he would stick around and help the young kids at Atlas.
He knows Pachuca are going to the Club World Cup and wants to leech on to the work they’ve been doing, while at the same time getting paid handsomely. For a second there I thought he had morals.
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Damn, sounds like he RAN over to Pachuca y dejó los tennis en el piso!
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