The government of Veracruz has allocated 400 million pesos for the renovation of Luis Pirata Fuente (Photo: GlobeLiveMedia/@Jovani Pérez)

In 2019, the graph of the red sharks from Veracruz was excluded from the MX League after an administrative and economic crisis which caused its disaffiliation. Now, just over 6 years after his departure from national football, high levels of the Jarocho government have decided to invest in laying the foundations for a future return to Mexican football.

He was the governor of Veracruz, Cuitlahuac Garcia who indicated that his administration will allocate 400 million pesos to rehabilitate the football stadium Louis Pirate Fouente. The remodel will reduce the capacity by 10,000, as they will place seats where there are currently concrete stands: “We think we will have maybe ten thousand fewer seats than the original,” he said. -he declares.

During the press conference at the stadium facilities, the president of Veracruz ruled out that the former owner of the Tiburones Rojos club, Fidel Kuri Grajales, could recover the management of said stadium and restart with the team as a preliminary step to his disaffiliation.

“Whoever administered it has a personal dispute with another individual, a lawsuit between individuals in which we are not going to interfere, we administer the good of the people, this stadium belongs to the people“, argued the governor of Veracruz.

It is expected that in the coming years the Veracruz campus will house a new Mexican soccer team and may carry the state’s name as they will not be able to use the Red Sharks due to legal disputes with the man. Fidel Kuri business.

In interview with mediotiempo, José Luis Lima Franco, titular de la Secretaría de Finanzas y Planeación de la entidad resaltó que el proyecto tendrá a costo de 400 million pesos: “La inversion es para una primera etapa en la que buscamos que el estadio esté en condiciones para poder play soccer. This would suffice to conform to what Mexican Football Federation (FMF)”.

Louis "Pirate" Fuentes is the name of the Veracruz stadium for a player who marked an era (Photo: Twitter @EstadioElPirata)
Luis “Pirata” Fuentes is the name of the Veracruz stadium for a player who marked an era (Photo: Twitter @EstadioElPirata)

The manager said the plan was for an MX Expansion League franchise to come to portand for this he commented that several businessmen have expressed their interest in returning to football, which is why they are already in talks with the FMF to be able to return to football in Veracruz.

“It was not under this objective, but taking advantage of the fact that the rehabilitation will be carried out, to see the possibility of football returning to Veracruz and they spoke. Several businessmen have been interested in bringing football to Veracruz. This is a matter for businessmen and the FMF,” he remarked.

“It was raised in the Expansion League, but this issue will concern the FMF and, on our side, will give the facilities to deliver the stadium on loan to businessmen who could bring football back to Veracruz,” he said. he added.

(Picture: Twitter)
(Picture: Twitter)

For the person in charge of Jarocho, it is of vital importance to watch over one of the historical buildings of the entity: “It is a building, it is a public good, a sports structure of the State and it had to be maintained otherwise it could fall, and that was the first element for which it was decided to remodel it, not to let it fall as a public good”, he concluded for MT.

It should be noted that the last game of Veracruz in the maximum circuit of Mexican football was against the Chivas Rayadas from Guadalajara which they won 3-1 on the field of Akron Stadium

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