Hirving “Chucky” Lozano decided not to play the 2026 World Cup to keep his lucrative contract in place with San Diego FC of the Critical League Soccer (MLS), although he did not enter into plans in the regular season, which prevented him from remaining active to be taken into account by Javier Aguirre.
This decision was criticized and questioned by many people, but there were also other people who supported the decision of San Diego forward, Hirving Lozano, not to reach an agreement to terminate his contract and have him paid in full for almost two years that They still have seven and a half million dollars per year left on the signed agreement for a total of $30 million dollars..
Among the people who supported Hirving Lozano’s decision was former Atlas, América, Tigres de la UANL and Atlanta United player Jürgen Dammwho revealed that a similar case happened in the MLS and established that the former Pachuca, PSV Eindhoven, Naples and San Diego FC player made the right decision, despite the criticism he has received.
“I totally support him, the same thing happened to me at Atlanta United, I had a high contract, not like him, I had a very good one, but I wasn’t leaving either,” said Damm, who was once considered Liga MX’s best overseas prospect, knowingly.
Damm’s position was given through a talk with Hércules Gómez, where he established that “Chucky” made the right decision and that for that reason he fully supports him. especially because of the situation he experienced in the past with the team from the state of Georgia, United States.
“I know there’s the World Cup, I know there’s what’s coming… Because you’re not going to earn that amount anywhere else. If you come to Mexico, they’re going to give you 2 million dollars a year, 1.5… 7.4 million dollars, San Diego, I think there… you have to look at the issue of your future, your family, your heritage.”
Damm also said that a professional player must evaluate the economic aspect, the expenses, the way of arranging his contracts and the sporting aspect, Therefore, he considered that when money is needed for expenses, no one will come to his aid or pay them.for which he said that Lozano acted with the coldness of a professional who weighed the conditions he is going through.
“Me too, ‘hey, how are you going to miss a World Cup at home’… Yes, very nice, they are going to remember me forever, because people are not going to pay my children’s tuition, they are not going to pay for the trips. You have to ensure, I did it for 6 months and I reached an agreement with them, they gave me a part of my contract…Chucky, well he has to do it, he is not going to see that money again, I think he never won that, so he has to take advantage of this contract,” he concluded.
It was unofficially managed that “Vasco” Aguirre proposed that he attend the preseason stage of the Mexican national team that will begin on May 6 on the condition that he settle his contractual matter with San Diego FC, but since the North American team wanted to give him compensation instead of covering the entire contract, he finally decided to go for full payment or wait for it to conclude in 2027.
