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Cesar HernandezJul 3, 2025, 04:22 PM ET
Former Arsenal, Juventus and Cardiff City midfielder Aaron Ramsey volition proceed his vocation successful Mexico.
The 34-year-old Ramsey officially signed with Pumas connected Thursday, the Lliga MX broadside announced.
Ramsey, who already has a moving visa to play successful Liga MX, arrived successful Mexico City connected Tuesday to bash a aesculapian earlier signing his declaration with top-flight broadside Pumas.
"I'm excited to play and to beryllium a portion of this historical club, I can't hold to beryllium connected the pitch," Ramsey said astatine Mexico City's airport.
Pumas is considered 1 of the 4 astir fashionable teams successful the state though it has not won a rubric since the Clausura 2011 tournament.
"I've seen immoderate matches [from Liga MX] and I americium precise impressed, determination are immoderate truly bully squads present and I'm excited to beryllium successful this contention now," Ramsey said.
The quality follows a June study from ESPN that Pumas and Ramsey were successful precocious talks for the Wales international.
Pumas manager Efraín Juárez, who is represented by the aforesaid bureau arsenic the two-time Arsenal Player of the Season, was instrumental successful bringing Ramsey to Mexico City.
Ramsey finished past play successful interim complaint of hometown nine Cardiff City arsenic they were relegated from the Championship to League One. With 86 appearances for Wales, the midfielder helped his state scope the Euro 2016 semifinals.
Ramsey said successful April that the "World Cup is simply a monolithic carrot being dangled," and present the Wales skipper volition question to support his signifier up of the 2026 tourney that volition beryllium co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Despite being 1 of the accepted "big four" of Liga MX, Pumas has struggled. In the latest 2025 Clausura season, the Mexico City broadside finished 10th successful the regular play and were knocked retired successful the play-in circular of the playoffs.
Since 1996, Liga MX plays 2 tournaments each year. The archetypal one, called Clausura, begins successful January and ends successful May and the upcoming Apertura starts connected July 11 and volition decorativeness successful December.
Starting successful July, Pumas volition besides instrumentality portion successful the Leagues Cup, a associated Liga MX-MLS tourney successful which Ramsey is acceptable to look Lionel Messi's Inter Miami CF connected Aug. 6.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
