Former Mexico national team and current Queretaro coach Victor Manuel Vucetich has said that LA Galaxy and Mexico national team forward Giovani dos Santos is well-placed in Major League Soccer and added that he himself wouldn't rule out a coaching offer there -- should one come along.
Vucetich, who has led four different Liga MX clubs to a league title -- Leon, Tecos UAG, Pachuca and Monterrey -- is out of contract at the end of the season after getting Queretaro as far as the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal. His future at the club will be decided after Queretaro plays its last 2016 Clausura game against Puebla on Sunday.
Queretaro finished with 19 points on the Liga MX season and well out of the top eight. While Vucetich is hopeful of renewing his deal, he said he wouldn't rule out an offer from an MLS club.
"Absolutely, if the project is the right fit, I think it would be worth the shot," the 60-year-old said during an interview about his future.
Asked whether it negatively affects Dos Santos to have left Spain and play in MLS, Vucetich said no.
"Maybe MLS still lacks that high technical aspect, but when it comes to physical matters, you have to run over there. Without a doubt over there, that's primordial, and I don't say this because there are tall, strong players in the league, but because I have had the chance to observe the teams up close every time my teams faced them," he said. "I have been able to see the strength, dynamism, their tactical aspect, and the growth they've been having in the last years."
Vucetich, who also led Monterrey to three consecutive CONCACAF Champions League titles in his career, said the only advantage Liga MX teams have over MLS is that they play a more creative game.
"I think most MLS teams still need that little drop of craftiness that almost all Latin American teams have, and that always makes the difference. Apart from that, I think they have everything."
The 60-year-old, who coached the Mexico national team for two games in 2013, said he has not begun a search for a new club because he would like to stay at Queretaro, but didn't rule out an MLS offer should one come.
"It's been already a lot of years since I have been saying that football in MLS has been growing at a fast pace. I say it because I have had the chance to coach teams that have played against MLS opposition," he said. "Teams from MLS are strong, they're always in top shape, and they have an idea of how to play the game; they have a projection of something that they have created. It's something that I've noticed. They're always working on improving certain details, and they're patient even if no MLS club has ever won the CCL.
"As of late, they're always there. This year we had the four Liga MX clubs versus four MLS clubs in the CCL quarterfinals, and fortunately all of the Mexican clubs went through to the next round, but I can see the growth. I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future, an MLS team gives the surprise."
As El Tri coach Vucetich lasted only two games, -- a 2-1 win over Panama, their first home win in the Hexagonal, and a 2-1 defeat to Costa Rica, before being replaced by Miguel Herrera during a span when Mexico had six head coaches in five years.