Revealed the two Betplay League teams that are fighting to sign Gio Moreno

The premature goodbye of Giovanni Moreno continues to hammer in the hearts of Atlético Nacional fans, who dreamed of seeing him for another semester as a team and were even already designing the team that would play the group stage of the Copa Libertadores next year with the midfielder as one of their banners.

The desire to renew and stay a while longer in the institution vanished minutes after officially communicating it, when he was scolded by the team’s owners about his statements regarding the salary of coach Hernán Darío Herrera. Gio tried to apologize to the top shareholders, but his calls were only in the desire to avoid the sentence of an exit that was not liked at all by the fans and not by the group of players.

Although there were meetings last week to reconcile, the decision was ratified by the administrative body and ‘Flaco’ had no choice but to say goodbye to Atanasio Girardot with a standing ovation in the match against Cortuluá last Sunday.

As much as retirement was a possibility for this semester, the blow of not continuing in Nacional meant a push for the midfielder to decide to continue a few more months as a professional. This situation opened the door to all kinds of proposals from abroad and in Colombia, where two teams have already openly expressed their interest.

The first of them is the Junior of Barranquilla, accustomed to making this type of investment by renowned players semester after semester. After confirming the return of Carlos Bacca, the Char family hopes to convince Gio and put together a luxury duo to forget the departure of their striker Miguel Ángel Borja.

The economic conditions offered by Tiburón are better than what they received at Atlético Nacional, which places them first in line in that decision that will have to be officially communicated before this Friday, the deadline for the registration of players before Dimayor.

If Gio does not accept, the other exit is very close to his house in Medellín. It is about Envigado FC, a team in which he has been training this week, with the doors open for his past in the orange box, which gave him the opportunity to officially debut there in 2006.

As he was able to find out WEEKthe envigadeños have already sent a formal offer to Moreno, obviously lower than what Junior proposes, but focused on the affection of the leadership with the player to whom they opened the doors to be an example of the young talents belonging to the ‘ quarry of heroes’.

Envigado knows that he is at a disadvantage compared to his rival in the negotiation, but he is confident in the stability that he can offer Gio close to his home, his family and other loved ones for whom he decided to return from China earlier this year. Now the leadership is only waiting for the player’s final decision, which he promised to communicate exclusively and first-hand to them about the next step he takes for his future.

A third path could be going abroad, but until now that has not been advanced due to the player’s desire to continue in Colombia. The main option on the table is in Mexican soccer, waiting for what happens in the dispute between Junior and Envigado with a deadline of this Friday, July 15.

If nothing is resolved before the weekend, Giovanni will have to look for options outside the country or wait for the transfer window for players without a contract to reopen in August.