The bleak present and future that Guillermo Ochoa seems to have could have changed two years ago when he was so close to becoming the substitute for Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, but in the end the serious injury de Courtois ruined the negotiations to join Real Madrid.

Twenty-four months later, history seems to be repeating itself, and although the causes are not the same as those that happened with the Merengues, the now sudden failure of his arrival at Burgos in the Spanish Second Division has left him without a game and with fewer options of being considered for the Mexican national team.

So close and yet so far from Real Madrid

Regarding his failed arrival at Real Madrid, ESPN reporter Mauricio Imay revealed several details of this negotiation in 2023, who explained that Ochoa had already agreed on everything with the goalkeeping coach of Italian Carlo Ancelotti's technical staff and they agreed that Ochoa would join the Merengues as Courtois's substitute, but then the unfortunate event of the Belgian allowed the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin to become the starter and ruin Memo's arrival.

"Not long ago, Courtois got injured. Memo had already spoken with Carlo Ancelotti's goalkeeping coach at Real Madrid about becoming Courtois's second-choice player because Lunin was leaving Real Madrid. Courtois gets injured, Lunin becomes the number 1, and Memo loses that opportunity," said the reporter for the American cable sports network.

Among the details released, the key to the Mexican goalkeeper, a five-time World Cup winner, was Courtois' injury and Lunin's unexpected starting role, which ruined Memo's plans and forced him to find a place with Serie A team Salernitana.

Nor with Burgos in Spain's second division

Two years later, Guillermo Ochoa was also close to signing with Burgos in Spain's second division,However, a last-minute change to his contract meant that the Spanish team's management supposedly no longer had any news of the Mexican goalkeeper.

According to reporters from the Spanish newspaper Marca, the turning point with Memo was the change in salary issues and the contract termination clause, and where this newspaper claims to have corroborated with people on the Mexican goalkeeper's staff that the cancellation in the agreement was that the figure that the goalkeeper would earn was changed "suddenly and downwards," with a termination clause of 5 million. That's why the Mexican stepped aside and did not sign."