José Ramón Fernández reveals Ortiz's future after América vs San Luis

After the match between Atlético de San Luis and América in the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2023, and reiterating that Fernando Ortiz has not yet renewed his contract with the Aguilas and his future in Coapa remains unknown, ESPN journalist José Ramón Fernández revealed that the current coach of the Team already knows what will happen to him when his participation in the tournament ends.

Using the Futbol Picante program as a showcase for his statements, José Ramón Fernández mentioned that the club América board would have made it a condition for Fernando Ortiz to reach the final of the tournament at least to guarantee his renewal.

However, said by the ESPN journalist himself, the upper echelons of the team led by Santiago Baños and Héctor González Iñárritu, would like to extend the contract of Tano pass, whatever happens in the postseason Mexican soccer for at least one more year.

In this way, in case of reaching the final of the Clausura 2023, Fernando Ortiz would have his contract renewed for one year guaranteed, with the option of one more, depending on the result. It should be noted that in the event of not getting a pass to the duel for the title, Joserra reported that the América board of directors would exhaustively analyze Tano's performance in his little more than a year directing those from Coapa.

Fernando Ortiz: his numbers in America

Fernando Ortiz came to the Technical Directorate of America on an interim basis in the middle of the 2022 Clausura, replacing Santiago Solari, who left the eagles at the bottom of the table and with very bad numbers. Since his arrival on the bench of the Coapa first team, Tano has led 43 games with the eagles, registering 25 wins, 11 draws and only 7 losses.