After the difficulty of hiring Geisson Perea and Leyton Jiménez, Deportivo Independiente Medellín moved quickly and would be very close to hiring Alexis Rolín, a veteran Uruguayan defender, to lead the defense in the company of Andrés Cadavid.
With 31 years, 1,560 minutes played in 17 games, Rolín was captain of Rentistas, champion of the Uruguayan opening tournament. In addition, he scored 2020 in the ‘colorados’. The player will reach the powerful on loan for a year, as reported ‘ESPN Uruguay’.
Alexis Rolín will leave in the next few hours for Colombia to join the DIM.
The 31-year-old defender, who played in Rentistas in 2020, is on loan. Https://t.co/TNDklyXoxd— ESPN Uruguay (@ESPNUruguay) January 2, 2021
Although Alexis had renewed with Rentistas until December 2021, the Uruguayan club does not intend to prevent his departure to international football. Although this implies a ‘headache’ for coach Alejandro Cappucio, who has seen several players from the champion team come out as the 2021 start pass market progresses.
According to statements by coach Cappucio to ‘ESPN Uruguay’, the defender is “the one with the best performance in Uruguayan football, he is a positive leader and is a player with a lot of class”.
With a straight profile, 1.86 tall and 76 kilograms, this defender emerged in Nacional de Uruguay, a club with which he debuted in professionalism in 2011, in 2012 he was transferred to Catania in Italy and then went through clubs such as Boca Juniors in Argentina and Olimpia from Paraguay. With a good present, Rolín was summoned to the Uruguayan National Team last November for the matches for dates 3 and 4 of the South American Qualifiers.
If his arrival occurs, Rolín would be the tenth powerful reinforcement for this season, after confirming the arrivals of Matías Mier, Juan Guillermo Arboleda, Agustín Vuletich, Juan Guillermo Arboleda, James Sánchez, Germán Gutiérrez, Víctor Moreno, Jean Carlo Pineda, David Loaiza and Robert Harrys.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
En Twitter: @juanchoserran8
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