Juanfer Quintero follows a River match from the stands, an image repeated this year. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
Juanfer Quintero is not having a good time in football. After returning from a long injury, he struggles to pick up the pace. And those filtered passes of the left that were stilettos for opposing defenses don’t seem so much anymore. But some of his magic has been lost. To such an extent that his continuity for 2023 is in doubt. What will happen to the Colombian?
After leaving for Chinese football, River made an effort to repatriate him earlier in the year. Juanfer’s will and Marcelo Gallardo’s desire to still be able to count on him also influence. However, after a first trimester of good sensations, everything changed in April, starting with a tear in the left hamstring.
When he looked healed, the Colombian suffered the same injury. the scar was opened. And he only returned to play two months later. And his return is far from the one expected. So your future is in doubt.
Juanfer Quintero arrived at the beginning of the year and gave some glimpses of his magic. Too few. Photo: Juan José Garcia.
There is also an important economic issue. If Juanfer is not released from Shenzhen, the Chinese club where he played in 2021, River will have to pay one of the two purchase options he has at the end of November: one from $ 2 million to 50 percent and another from $ 4 million. . for 100%.
In any case, maybe Juanfer will be free by then. It is that Shenzhen owed him a lot of money from his salary and to seal his departure on loan to River, they signed an agreement with a payment plan that was due to expire in April. But they haven’t finished paying him and the Colombian, through his representatives and lawyers, He filed a lawsuit against FIFA.
Hence, a resolution is expected from the maximum extent of football. If he is in favor, Quintero will automatically be released from Shenzhen and will be able to negotiate a new contract with River on his own, who in turn will not need to pay money to pay for his pass, but deposits it directly into the player’s salary.
The affection of the River fans with Quintero, an idol forever from the Madrid final. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
River’s board of directors approved earlier this year the Colombian’s incorporation into Gallardo’s team on loan with option, although they have since wagered that he would come free due to the player’s debts with him. Shenzhen FC.
If that situation ends up giving, it can be a valid possibility to agree on the continuity of the left at least for another year. Although Gallardo will also evaluate his performance as Juanfer’s present is very different from the memory of Madrid.
Massimiliano Benozzi
Source: Clarin
