Added to all the evils that Deportivo Cali has is that its squad is about to be dismantled. Since August, the 27 players on the professional squad have not received a salary weight. Marco Caicedo left his presidency that month with a debt of 91 billion pesos. His replacement; Luis Fernando Mena, got that hot potato. Cali, after being champion with Rafael Dudamel in the second half of 2021, entered a pothole that left him last in the table when the Venezuelan’s replacement was Mayer Candelo, idol of the sugar fans, did not work as DT of that institution . Mera decided to put his hand in his pocket and bring in a top coach like Jorge Luis Pinto, the Colombian coach who has gone the furthest to a World Cup, when he reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
Pinto exposes himself to one of the worst embarrassments of his career, that of his team being dismantled due to lack of payment.
