Landon Donovan criticism of Club León facilities, Digi Mart USA News: Former U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan generated controversy while recalling his time with Club León, the Mexican team known as La Fiera, during an appearance on the podcast “Unfiltered Soccer.”
Donovan said his experience at the club was far from positive. Speaking about his time in Mexico, he described the facilities as very poor, saying the team had a kind of shower head fixture protruding from the wall, that everything was dirty and disgusting, and that the bathrooms did not work.
He noted that the club has since built a new training center, and he gave the timeline as 2016, though he then corrected himself to say it was actually 2018, the year he joined the team after coming out of retirement.
Donovan also criticized conditions at many South American clubs, saying that while not all of them are like this, most do not pay players reliably and have poor fields. He added that they are not places players want to go, but places they try to leave.
Donovan’s stint with León was brief, lasting fewer than 10 matches, including six in Liga MX and two in the Copa. Before joining León, he had played for Everton, Bayern Munich and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
