Andrés Llinás is at the key moment of his career: he was quoted in the country by force of regularity and talent in Millionaires, he was already champion of the Betplay Cup with the blue and his recent performances led him to the Colombian National Team, where Néstor Lorenzo considered him as an alternative after Yerry Mina’s frequent injuries. The next step, necessarily, is international football.
The 25-year-old from Bogotá changed agents some time ago thinking precisely of opening the scene and aiming, ideally, at Europe. And that would be exactly his next destination.
According to the newspaper A Bola, it would be one of the options that Sporting de Portugal is analyzing to strengthen the rear and the movement would be a priority for coach Rubén Amorim.
“Sporting will take advantage of January, the month in which the transfer market reopens, to hire a central defender and the coach Rúben Amorim, together with the SAD of the Alvalade club, has been analyzing several players. One of them is called Andrés Llinás, he is 25 years old, he is a Colombian international, he plays for Millonarios and lately he has seen his price rise”, says the source.
The ‘monkey’ Llinás was put on the radar by force of a brilliant year, with 53 games in the League, Copa Colombia and Copa Libertadores and the participation in the double day of friendlies of the Colombian National Team against Honduras (2-1) and Guatemala ( 4-1).
Of course, it must be said that it is not the only alternative because, according to A Bola, the other candidate is Ousmane Diomandé, 19, from Ivory Coast and who plays for Club Desportivo de Mafra, in the second division of Portugal.
Due to youth and adaptation to the Portuguese environment, the Ivorian may have an advantage, but due to experience, aerial play (1.88m) and international value (2.2 million euros according to Transfermarkt) the Bogota native can prevail, who is in the exact moment to take the step… much to the spite of the desires of Millionaires.
