Jonathan dos Santos admitted he was thinking about retirement after not having any minutes with América

Jonathan dos Santos came back from the ashes as one phoenix and is currently a permanent part of the starting eleven André Jardine. The Mexican has played all of Águilas’ matches in this tournament Opening 2023after being relegated to the bench by the previous coaching staff for just over a year and a half.

With Fernando Ortíz at the helm, dos Santos did not have the consistency he would have liked and always started from the bench during ‘Tano’s management. Now the former Barcelona player is having an extraordinary moment with the Coapa team and wants to remain a starter for the next remaining commitments in the second half of the football year.

Given this situation, Jonathan spoke to the media ahead of the Capital Classic against Pumas this Saturday on the field of Coloso de Santa Úrsula, where he opened up about the lack of minutes with the previous coach.

“It was difficult not to play for a year and a half. That’s why I didn’t want to talk to the press. No one asked about you, no hard feelings. But for my mental health it was better to leave the press aside.” , in the end we are all important, I did not think about selection To be honest, I am happy at the club, I am living one of the best moments of my career, I am 33 years old, but I feel like a 25, 24 year old kid .”