Ramón Ramírez, former soccer player for Chivas and the Mexican National Team, revealed that he was very close to playing for a very important team in Italy’s Serie A. although he detailed the unusual reasons that kept him from this incredible opportunity. In addition, he made a comparison with his career with that of the Little Prince.
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Ramón Ramírez and a bad decision that limited his career
Ramón Ramírez, former figure of Chivas and the Mexican National Teamrevealed details of an unknown chapter of his career: his almost signing for a Serie A great that had ‘legendary’ footballers.
In an interview, Ramírez confessed that, despite having the opportunity to play in one of the most important leagues in the world, he decided to reject the proposal. The reason, in his own words, was a ‘fear’ that plagued him and many footballers of his generation: a lack of self-confidence.
“At that moment it was like the Mexican soccer player still didn’t believe it”confessed Ramón Ramírez on the YouTube channel ‘La Capitana’, owned by Sandra de la Vega, wife of Andrés Guardado.
In 1990, during a tour with the Olympic Team in Italy, a team from the Serie A invited him to stay. However, the idea terrified him and he missed an unbeatable opportunity to make the leap to the Old Continent.
“It scared me, I didn’t believe it, because at that time the Italian League was the best in the world”
RAMÓN RAMÍREZ AND HIS REJECTION OF THE SERIE A
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Serie A at that time was full of stars such as Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Diego Maradona, Frank Rijkaard and Roberto Baggio. The idea of facing these football giants, whom he saw on television, overwhelmed him. Finally, he preferred to return to Mexico and consolidate his career in Liga MX.
“I said ‘six months ago I saw them on TV, how am I going to come and play with them’”
RAMÓN RAMÍREZ AND HIS REJECTION OF THE SERIE A
His experience in Liga MX and his comparison with the Little Prince
Ramón Ramírez, who played for Santos Laguna, Chivas, América and Tigres, considers that his career has similarities with that of Andres Guardado. Both had important opportunities from the beginning of their careers.
“It seems that, knowing the story of Andrés (Guardado), we are very similar in that the opportunities came to us very quickly”
RAMÓN RAMÍREZ AND HIS REJECTION OF THE SERIE A
Like the Little Prince Guardado, Ramírez was called up to national teams from an early age, which led him to spend more time concentrated with the Mexican National Team than in his club.
“As soon as I debuted in the First Division, the Central American Games, the Pan American Games, the Olympics in Barcelona were coming up and they selected me for all of that, so I already lived more in Mexico than in Torreón”
RAMÓN RAMÍREZ AND HIS REJECTION OF THE SERIE A
2025-01-20 04:58:00