Mexico international Miguel Layun has signed for Liga MX side Monterrey, despite having only spent six months at Villarreal.
Layun, 30, joined Villarreal from Porto on a three-year contract in July 2018 but struggled to make an impact and has decided to return to Mexico.
Internacional con 'El Tri' 🇲🇽, polivalente y una chulada de vato 😎.
— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) July 11, 2018
¡@Miguel_layun saluda a la afición del #Villarreal 😍💛! pic.twitter.com/qvATwoxjfS
The Veracruz native, who came through the ranks at Queretaro, prefers to play at left-back, but he can play in either of the full-back positions, in midfield, or even on the wing as he did for El Tri at Russia 2018.
Before Villarreal, Layun played for FC Porto and spent a season at Watford in the Premier League. He played over 100 times for Club America and has also plied his trade in Italy's Serie A with Atalanta.
Monterrey won the 2017 Copa MX Apertura but lost in the 2018 Supercopa MX (between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura) to Necaxa in a game held at the StubHub Center in California.