Taty Castellanos, the world traveler who made Spanish football history by scoring four goals against Madrid

league of NOW There is a significant number of football players of weight, mainly from Europe, who say they intend to experience new challenges after practically ending their career on the old continent. Elephant graveyard football which in recent years has seen a phase of expansion with veterans of the formula, established stars and youngsters who see a showcase in the far west that serves as a stepping stone towards European clubs.

The latter is the casedaddy Castilian (Mendoza, Argentina, 1998), a footballer who never played in his country after being rejected River Plate and Lanús; and first went through Chile, Uruguay and the United States, where he was awarded the Golden Boot New York City to Girona, a club that, like the Americans, is a part of City football group near Manchester City.

In his adventure through the United States he was very guilty Domenec Torrent, right hand of Pep Guardiola on the bench from 2007 until he crossed the pond and commanded the big apple club. The Catalan coach brought the unknown Argentine striker to the attention of the football world while he was playing for Uruguayan Torque, Manchester City’s South American cousin, as he belongs to the same economic grouping as the English.

Torrent downloaded it Manhattan and his leading role, bringing the New Yorkers the championship title as well as the most valuable player in the competition, caused some clubs in Europe to follow in his footsteps and sign him. “He jokes that next year I won’t be here anymore because I’m going somewhere else, he tells me that I’m for something bigger. But I’m focused on this present, and what happens later, we’ll see,” said the forward about his coach in an interview for Clarion.

Taty has already received the green light from one of the most important football conglomerates on the planet. “He is someone with good qualities and who is ready to take the next step in his career towards Europe,” Pep Guardiola said of the forward who scored 58 goals in 133 games while on American soil. “His words make me grow, to improve, to try to be the best in my position. It is my duty to justify what he said about me,” the man from Mendoza answered in an interview with La Nación newspaper.

The river he commanded Marcelo Gallardo this time he noticed him and wanted to bring him to his native football after that Julian Alvarez He was going to go to Manchester City, but the negotiations failed and he was transferred to Girona, where after entering the history of Real Madrid with four goals, he has 12 goals in 9 games played.

A hero before Carlo Ancelotti He already said on one occasion that “the main virtue of a football player is his head, and then come the qualities”, and he gave samples in Montilivi that football is a state of mind, in just two weeks from a sunken man after a one-on-one failure against Ter Stegen at Camp Nou, to recovering and destroying the European champions with poker goals, the tenth player in the entire history who manages to do such a thing against the whites. Life always has revenge, said the striker who closed social media after the mistake that would have given his team victory against Barcelona, ​​and replaced criticism with praise against Madrid.