The Atlanta United player helped lead Tigres to the Copa Libertadores final but was portrayed as disloyal before moving north to the US
In was February 2020, and Jürgen Damm sat behind a microphone twiddling his thumbs and picking at his ear. He looked down, avoiding eye contact with the press and his manager at Tigres UANL, Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti. There was tension at the press conference. No one was surprised when Damm said he was leaving the club. Still, he sat there, visibly nervous and made his announcement.
The winger, who had clocked in as the second-fastest player in the world when he signed for Tigres, was a mainstay in his first years there. Through three consecutive domestic cup winning seasons, he spent plenty of time sprinting down the line and delivering crosses to the prolific André-Pierre Gignac.
