While in the World Cup venues excitement is daily occurrence, in Liga MX activity continues its normal course for the start of the tournament on July 16 and where this Tuesday it was announced that the Cruz Azul board would have rejected an exchange with Tigres for Juan Brunetta.

According to the versions close to the Celeste Machine, Rotondi is one of the most sought-after and sought-after players by several teams after the moment of resilience he experienced in the last league, where he became the beloved of Cruz Azul with his performances, shedding the villain label for several sins in previous finals.

Within this panorama, La Opinión was assured that Rotondi is not among the negotiable players of the Celeste Machine and on the contrary, there is interest in adding several reinforcements to shore up the squad, especially in the axis of the attack, as long as they do not reach an agreement with Gabriel “Toro” Fernández.

The Celeste Machine has already reported to work and is in the design of the squad for the Apertura 2026 tournament, where there are not so many planned movements, perhaps the occasional withdrawal or incorporation.

So far, what to do with players like Giorgos Giakoumakis, who belongs to the team, is being analyzed, but the player is not interested in being in Liga MX and is looking to be negotiated with a European team or the Greek league.

Within this panorama, Cruz Azul hopes to add players who were not at their full potential, such as Jesús Orozco Chiquete or Nicolás Ibáñez himself, whose absence gave way to the alternative of the Nigerian Christan Ebere, who overnight became the most decisive player on the cement workers' offensive front.

They will also have to define the continuity of Andrés Gudiño in goal or accept one of the several offers that have come to the Cruz Azul presidency for the services of this goalkeeper who has had good times in the Celeste Machine, but does not have the trust of the top brass and for that reason has asked to leave the cement team.