It has been a pass market full of good news and big surprises in the house of Junior de Barranquilla, apparently, definitional difficulties will be forgotten with the arrival of Miguel Borja Y Fernando Uribe, both are true reinforcements for the attack and it is expected that it will improve in this regard. That line already seems ready for all the challenges of the new 2022: League, South American Cup Y Colombia Cup.
This penultimate week of December and 2021 an open secret was made official: Fernando Uribe He is already a Junior player. The club made it official on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 21, as the first contract for 2022. The 33-year-old attacker from Pereira passed the medical examinations and signed his one-year contract with the Sharks.
Author of 23 goals with Millonarios during 2021, 11 in the first semester and 12 in the second, Uribe is a guarantee of goal for the rojiblancos, who have suffered so much lately due to the absence of a real gunner.
Another important addition that the Barranquilla team makes is that they do not care about the heat. Daniel Giraldo He believes that he can perform in Barranquilla with Junior in the same way that he did in the height of the capital with Millonarios. He does not believe that the weather is an excuse for not being able to contribute his football to the club red and white: “I hope to make a quick adaptation. We know the difference in climates, but that is secondary when one has football conditions, for that one prepares ”, says the 29-year-old, 1.78-tall and 71-kilogram midfielder with complete confidence.
The Valle del Cauca midfielder does not dribble the responsibility that the players have rojiblancos. He clearly understands what managers, the press and the fans want: “The only thing you have to think about in this great institution is winning titles. I am happy and excited, grateful to God for this opportunity. The only thing left to do is work towards what we all want is to achieve titles ”, confirmed the midfielder.
Getting to Junior has been very motivating for Giraldo: “It is very important for my career as a footballer. I will try to do my bit to make the team bigger and bigger ”. For those who do not know his football conditions, Giraldo defined himself as “a midfielder who contributes in both areas, both defensively and offensively. The club trusted me and I will try to do my best, “he said.
And after the unexpected and reprehensible departure of the technician Arturo Reyes by the junior fans, the arrival of Juan Cruz was announced Real as the new helmsman of the rojiblancos, despite the rain of memes, criticism, rejection and nonconformity that has fallen on his name, from the fans, through social networks.
Royal Cross, who had been working as a commentator for Canal Win Sports, signed his one-year contract with the rojiblancos: “The Junior is allowed to inform the linking of Juan Cruz Real as the new technical director of the institution. The teacher will start work with the set red and white next January thinking about the official competitions, League and Cup, as well as the South American Cup“Said the painting Shark in a press release.
“The coach will be accompanied Juan Manuel López and Cristian Duarte, as technical assistants, and Cristian Juliao, as the physical trainer “he added in the same letter. The counselor, who knew how to be a champion with America in 2020, will begin work on January 3 with a view to debut in the Colombian Soccer League.
Borja, the brought of the Child God
The bonus for the fans of the group shark arrived on December 24, when the return of Miguel Ángel Borja was announced, which was acquired 50% by the team in an abysmal figure: 3.5 million dollars against Palmeiras, who until then was the total owner of his pass.
In his first stage with the team, between 2020 and 2021, Borja scored 35 goals, which were used to take him back to the international level, returning to Brazilian territory to play with the Guild of Porto Alegre, team that was relegated to the second division and before the player’s desire beyond a proposal from the National Athletic, facilitated the work so that he could return to Barranquilla.
The good news for the team shark They did not stop, because this Tuesday, December 28, the hiring of the Cartagena midfielder was confirmed for a year Jesus Segundo Cabrera Ramírez who comes from playing six months in the Cuiabá, where he participated in 10 matches of the Brazilian Tournament, four as a starter. Played in total 362 minutes but did not score goals. The creative midfielder, 31 years old, 1.69 tall and 62 kilograms in weight, began his professional career in La Equidad. I’m going through Real Cartagena, Sports Tolima, Once Caldas, Deportivo Pasto, America from Cali and Cuiabá.
In the frame scarlet was directed by the technician Juan Cruz Real, with whom he will meet again in Junior. The Argentine helmsman managed to encourage a good level of the Bolivarian midfielder, that in the Red Devils champion was crowned twice (2019-II and 2020).
What is left now? According to the needs that the team showed in the year that is about to end and according to what was raised by the new coach and by the shareholder Fuad Char Abdala, it is required to look for at least a central defender, a right back, a mixed midfielder (apart from Daniel Giraldo), a creative and an extreme (apart from Omar Albornoz). The latter is known to have said goodbye to Tolima, the team he was with for the last eight years. The man from Cartagena will arrive at Junior on January 2 to undergo medical examinations.
Finish assembling and reinforcing the set is the mission of the managers and the technician Juan Cruz Real for now. As of January 3, when the preseason begins, the Argentine coach will have to undertake the mission of putting all the pieces together and achieving a performance that allows to take advantage of the scoring potential of Uribe and Borja.
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