Since the arrival of Juan Carlos Osorio to the bench of América de Cali, it was stated that no player would leave the squad without his consent. Just a day ago the transfer of Santiago Moreno to Portland, from the MLS, was made official, and it is speculated that central defender Pablo Ortiz would make the same decision to play with Talleres de Córdoba, in Argentina.
In both cases, the coach from Risaralda was vehement: “I don’t think it is the most appropriate thing to go out to play our players, to think that the only way for them to get abroad would be through making that bridge. Few have gone from here to MLS and from MLS to European football, the second is more feasible, because from Argentine football many have gone to the international arena. In my humble opinion, I consider and we are going to give ourselves the task of competing with that market – Argentine, Uruguayan and Brazilian – to sell directly to European football ”. Juan Carlos Osorio,
In the same vein, he added that “I don’t think it is justified from any angle and from any perspective, selling a player who can consolidate and strengthen himself as one of the best left-handed central defenders and fall into the temptation of going to a football that It is basically at the same level as us, we have to compare the level of the leagues we are talking about ”.
With an energetic tone, he pointed out that “with all due respect for the very good offer that Pablo has, we do not consider that it is the only one that is going to be presented to him. At 21 he has at least one more year to consolidate it and improve it athletically. As some would say, to put it together, and hopefully in the not too distant future our beloved club, our club America can transfer players directly from Colombian to European football. I have had the great fortune to participate in the identification of talent, in the consolidation of the characteristics of an international player from 6 years ago, a specific case, Dávinson Sánchez, and the last one from two months ago, Jerson Córdoba, from Atlético Nacional. Why not do it here in America?
But Osorio went further, precisely on the subject of Ortiz, who for now would not be taken into account: “Our proposal is to wait for Pablo to make a decision, it is something subjective, for now I do not dare to guess, the only thing is clear and It is blunt, if you are considering leaving, you do not participate in our games until the day you tell us that you want to be part of the project ”.
Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
On twitter: @marquitosgarces
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