Alessio Da Cruz will almost certainly continue his career in Mexico. The 24-year-old winger is working with his management to complete a transfer to Santos Laguna, which plays at the highest Mexican level. Da Cruz comes from Parma, where he is on the eve of his last contract year. The winger played on a rental basis for FC Groningen last season.
“We are currently in Mexico with the intention of completing the transfer quickly,” agent Menno Groenveld said in a response to Monday afternoon. Football International. After the past football season, Groningen wanted to exercise the purchase option in the rental deal with Parma. Da Cruz, however, saw no point in a longer stay with the pride of the north, which brought an early end to the cooperation between club and player.
FC Groningen definitively gives up the battle for Alessio Da Cruz
The attacker did not want to stick with FC Groningen for another year.
Technical director Mark-Jan Fledderus already announced at the beginning of May that he was sorry that Da Cruz did not want to stick to a season in Groningen. “We think that Alessio has a lot of qualities and see a lot of stretch in him. But the moment he indicates that he does not want to continue with us, we must of course take that into account”, Fledderus said for more than two months. know ago in a conversation with Football International.
Da Cruz left Groningen with 4 goals and 3 assists in 23 games in all competitions to his name. The intended acquisition of Santos Laguna was already leased by Parma at an earlier stage to Spezia, Ascoli and Sheffield Wednesday. In the Netherlands, Da Cruz played alongside Groningen for FC Twente and FC Dordrecht.
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