Juan Fernando Quintero He broke the silence once he arrived in the country, to play with América de Cali in view of Hurricane by the South American Cupand talked about the rumors that link him with River.
Every time a Pass marketfans of River They are excited about the return of Colombian crack. But he explained what happened last summer and how he sees the situation in the future. “When the market opens, there is always the name of one related. It is not secret that we made a gentlemen’s pact with Diego Milito, Sebastián Saja and the people of Racing”said ‘Juanfer’ to the press.
In turn, he revealed that “There were approaches in December, but I made the decision to come to Colombia to be close to my family. “
About a journalist comment Nicolás Distasiumwho asked him to return to play the Club World Cup 2025, Quintero He responded with Mable.
“I think it doesn’t need to go to River. He has a great team, great players and as a fan I enjoy it”he commented on this, on an immediate return to River
Meanwhile, he mentioned that he has a house in Argentina, And he confirmed that he plans to return to Argentina in the future: “Whatever happens, I’m going to come back. I’m always going to be linked, it’s my second home and my mentality is being one more Argentine.”
With a year of contract ahead, Quintero He had forced his departure from the “academy” to return to his country, Colombia, to be close to your family for personal reasons. Given this, the new leadership of Racing sought not to have to pay the political cost of seeing it with another shirt in the Argentine football.
The “Knights Pact” with the Racing leadership
About the clause not to get to Núñez, Quintero He said how the pact was: “I expressed it to Milito because if I was going to River out there I was not going to like them. I told them I was not going to River, at least at that time. There was talk of not going in a certain time.”
Clarified this, the left -handed that scored the most important goal in the history of the “superclassics” did not close the door for a possible turn later.
“After 37 years, being champion with Racing internationally is something very nice. One leaves those traces, those stories in football, but everyone really knows me for River. I am a River fan, I lived wonderful things, apart from the coach (Marcelo Gallardo) It is someone very close of mine, I am always linked to the club and that decision was made at one time, but love will never change “he said.
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