The defender Miguel Layun, a World Cup player with Mexico in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, revealed on Friday that at the age of 34 he is afraid to say goodbye to football. “It’s scary to leave soccer. I’ve been playing soccer since I was a kid, I’ve been professional since I was 15; I’ve spent more than half of my life dedicating it to soccer, so it’s scary to know what’s next,” recognized the defender of the Mexican soccer club América .
Layún prepares with american eagles to play in the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2023 Mexican soccer tournament. The player who was born in Córdoba, Veracruz, ended his contract with América in December 2023 and explained that he is not worried about negotiating a renewal. “Now I’m probably living in the last, if not one of the last Liguillas as a professional soccer player and I want to savor it to the fullest. So I don’t want to lose focus in my current thinking about the future , ” he stressed.
In Mexico, Miguel Layún was league champion twice in América and once in Monterrey. At the international level, he played for the Italian side Atalanta, in the English Premier League with Watford, in the Portuguese league he was champion with Porto, and in Spain he defended the shirts of Sevilla and Villarreal.
All these experiences, he said, keep him calm, eager to train this Saturday with the Eagles to enjoy a career he knows is coming to an end. “I want to enjoy every day. Concentrate on each training session, in each game to achieve that personal and group goal that is that title that we so long for. Later we will see what will come in my life.”
Good advice from Ibrahimovic
A regular in the Mexican team where he played in two World Cups, a centennial Copa América and two Concacaf Gold Cups, Layún shared some words he heard from the star of the Swedish team, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“On several occasions, Zlatan, who is already 41 years old, has been sincere and said that he is afraid to think about what he will do after retirement. It is something natural when you dedicate yourself so much to it , so you Don’t lose focus, don’t stop enjoying and be ready for each day no matter what comes,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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