The former forward of Chivas, Leon, Getafe and Santos Lagua, Jose Juan Macias, would be on the radar of the Pumas de la UNAM to give him the last option to jump on the train of opportunities to recover his career after it has been affected by serious injuries.

The above arose after several unofficial reports that they saw training at the La Cantera facilities, the gunner born in the city of Guadalajara 26 years ago and that after a distinguished stage in Leon six years ago has not managed to rekindle his career.

Macias, who was supposedly on trial with Real Valladolid of Spain, has finally decided to ask for an opportunity from the UNAM coach, Efrain Juarez, perhaps seeking his last chance to revive his career in Liga MX.

So far, the need for a permanent center forward in the Pumas' area after the departure of Rogelio Funes Mori has opened the doors for this option for Jose Juan Macias, especially because Guillermo Martinez is not quite playing his best and Welshman Aaron Ramsey is still in the adaptation and recovery stage from the injury he suffered.

Macias would be the option chosen by the Pumas' coaching staff after they sounded out Ricardo “La Joya” Monreal from Necaxa and Ricardo Marin from Puebla, but in the end they did not advance. negotiations and with that there is the option that Macias could return to Liga MX.

A big bet by Pumas

The reality is that if the arrival of Jose Juan Macias to the Pumas is finalized, it will be a big bet by the university board, since he has not played in an official match for almost eight months after eight months of inactivity, playing only fifteen minutes against Pachuca on matchday 2 of the Clausura 2025 tournament, where in 13 minutes that he was on the field he scored a penalty goal.

After that game he terminated his contract with the Laguna team, leaving behind a career where his last important tournament was in the Guardianes Clausura 2021 tournament in the Chivas forward line, where he played 1033 minutes in 15 games.

In that environment, Macias declined in his career, assuming positions that did not benefit him at all and, on the contrary, marked him with a label of conflictive that did not bring him favorable dividends so that now he is asking for an opportunity with the Pumas of the UNAM.

Macias would be the fifth reinforcement for Pumas, where so far the Welshman Aaron Ramsey, the Colombian Alvaro Angulo, the Ecuadorian Pedro Vite and the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas have arrived, so it is expected that this will materialize option for a striker who had everything to be a star for Chivas, Mexican soccer, and the national team, but bad decisions have led him to this crossroads.

Desperation or lack of work?

Faced with the possible arrival of Jose Juan Macias to Pumas, the decision of the board in case it materializes seems illogical, especially because instead of strengthening their previously powerful and productive youth team, they are now resorting to what seems like a burned-out cartridge.

While it is true that in the current state of Mexican soccer, it requires grabbing whatever it can, it is undoubtedly serious that Pumas is betting on a 26-year-old player instead of developing several of its young talents.