Former Arsenal, Juventus and Cardiff Metropolis midfielder Aaron Ramsey will proceed his profession in Mexico.
The 34-year-old Ramsey formally signed with Pumas on Thursday, the Lliga MX aspect introduced.
Ramsey, who already has a working visa to play in Liga MX, arrived in Mexico Metropolis on Tuesday to do a medical earlier than signing his contract with top-flight aspect Pumas.
“I am excited to play and to be part of this historic membership, I can not wait to be on the pitch,” Ramsey mentioned at Mexico Metropolis’s airport.
Pumas is taken into account one of many 4 hottest groups within the nation though it has not gained a title because the Clausura 2011 event.
“I’ve seen some matches [from Liga MX] and I’m very impressed, there are some actually good squads right here and I am excited to be on this competitors now,” Ramsey mentioned.
The information follows a June report from ESPN that Pumas and Ramsey had been in superior talks for the Wales worldwide.
Pumas coach Efraín Juárez, who’s represented by the identical company because the two-time Arsenal Participant of the Season, was instrumental in bringing Ramsey to Mexico Metropolis.
Ramsey completed final season in interim cost of hometown membership Cardiff Metropolis as they had been relegated from the Championship to League One. With 86 appearances for Wales, the midfielder helped his nation attain the Euro 2016 semifinals.
Ramsey mentioned in April that the “World Cup is a large carrot being dangled,” and now the Wales captain will search to take care of his kind forward of the 2026 event that shall be co-hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
Regardless of being one of many conventional “huge 4” of Liga MX, Pumas has struggled. Within the newest 2025 Clausura season, the Mexico Metropolis aspect completed tenth within the common season and had been knocked out within the play-in spherical of the playoffs.
Since 1996, Liga MX performs two tournaments annually. The primary one, referred to as Clausura, begins in January and ends in Could and the upcoming Apertura begins on July 11 and can end in December.
Beginning in July, Pumas may even participate within the Leagues Cup, a joint Liga MX-MLS event during which Ramsey is about to face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami CF on Aug. 6.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.