Antonio Mohamed reached for a blunt formulation on the eve of Toluca’s big night: there are only two post‑final options for him — go home and rest, or remain with the club — and he puts the odds at 80 percent he stays and 20 percent he leaves.
Mohamed’s comments came ahead of Toluca’s CONCACAF Champions Cup 2026 final against Tigres UANL on Saturday, May 30, at Estadio Nemesio Diez in the Estado de México, a match scheduled for 20:00 hours in the United States and 18:00 hours in Mexico.
The percentage is the clearest signal Mohamed has given about his immediate future after a spell that has produced tangible silverware: he has won three titles with Toluca, including a Liga MX bicampeonato and a Campeón de Campeones victory over América.
Mohamed framed the choice in plain Spanish: "Puede haber cosas en que nos pongamos de acuerdo, el futbol es así, si yo no me pongo de acuerdo me voy a mi casa a descansar y si nos ponemos de acuerdo me quedo aquí en el club." He added, "No hay otro plan, hay plan A y B, me voy a mi casa a descansar o me quedo aquí, 80 por ciento que me quedo acá y 20 por ciento que me voy."
Why the timing matters now is straightforward: Toluca and its supporters will learn whether the coach’s inclination toward continuity survives the result and the conversations that follow. Mohamed told reporters there will be "charla con la directiva (después del partido) y el entrenador de cómo vamos a ser el semestre que viene, del tema del planteamiento del plantel." Those talks, he said, will shape the squad plan for the next semester.
The match itself adds stakes to Mohamed’s equation. The final functions as a rematch of sorts — coverage has framed it as an opportunity for Tigres UANL to answer for the Apertura 2025 Liga MX defeat to Toluca — and Toluca will enter without Jesús Gallardo and Alexis Vega, who are with the Mexican national team preparing for the 2026 World Cup.
The friction in Mohamed’s own words is obvious: his 80 percent assurance is firm, but he deliberately left the door ajar. Saying both that he expects to stay and that he will go "a mi casa a descansar" if no agreement is reached turns what reads as a near‑certainty into a conditional promise tied to the boardroom outcome.
That conditionality matters for Toluca’s planning. If Mohamed stays, the club begins the next semester with the manager who delivered the recent trophies and a continuity plan built around his methods; if he leaves, Toluca will confront a managerial search immediately after an international final and while two of its regular starters are absent.
The immediate next act is procedural and decisive: Mohamed and the board will meet after the final to negotiate the squad blueprint he referenced. Given his public 80/20 split, the likeliest outcome is continuity — but only a post‑match agreement will convert that likelihood into a working plan for Toluca’s next semester.
