Cruz Azul has made a big deal with FC Porto, sending their manager Martín Anselmi over there for more than $3 million. Anselmi who got pretty famous in Ecuador and Mexico is going to start at Porto in January 2025. Even though things didn’t end so great at Cruz Azul his way of managing games made Porto really want him.
- Cruz Azul got $3 million from Porto for Anselmi.
- Anselmi knows his stuff about tactics even if things got rough at Cruz Azul.
- The deal shows how important managers are in football these days.
Anselmi’s Transition to Porto
Martín Anselmi going to Porto is like starting fresh in his career as a manager. He’s really good at planning game strategies and his time going from Cruz Azul to Porto shows how big managers are in football nowadays. He really changed things up at Cruz Azul helping them do good in the Liga MX playoffs. The money involved in getting him shows how much teams will pay for good managers in football.
🚨[EXCLUSIVO] Cruz Azul llega a un acuerdo con Porto por Anselmi y recibirá más de u$s 3M. ⬇️
https://t.co/IN252062fI https://t.co/JMVWOBS94D— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo)
May 09, 2025
Even though Cruz Azul didn’t win for a while, Porto really liked how Anselmi thinks about football and they’re having a pretty rough season themselves. They think getting him will help fix their problems and get them back to winning in the Primeira Liga.
Challenges and Expectations at Porto
When Anselmi gets to Porto he’s going to have to deal with one of their worst seasons in like forever. The team needs to at least get third place in the Primeira Liga or it’ll be their worst season since way back in 1975/76. It’s going to be up to Anselmi to turn things around and get Porto winning again.
This kind of thing happens in football like what happened with Al-Hilal recently and when Jorge Jesus left showing how much difference good leaders make in clubs.
Implications for Cruz Azul and Porto
Getting Martín Anselmi isn’t just about changing managers it’s a big move that means a lot for both teams. Porto really wants him to help them get back to being the best team they used to be in the Primeira Liga. Cruz Azul meanwhile is going to use the money they got to try and get better players and keep doing good in the Argentine Primera Division where Anselmi learned how to be such a good manager.
This whole transfer thing shows how important football management is and how one decision can change everything for a team. If you want to know more about the Primeira Liga and Argentine Primera Division check out those parts of the transfer site.
