Colombian soccer and the fans of Junior de Barranquilla are still waiting for the announcement of the former River Plate midfielder, Juan Fernando Quintero, who is close to being part of the roster and apparently, only details are missing to make the signing of the player official. talented Colombian player.
His return of the player to Colombia would mean being the best hiring of the 2023 BetPlay League season, in addition, that he would break the record of being the highest paid player in the country.
However, it is not yet known if the return of Juan Fernando Quintero to Colombian soccer favors him as a soccer player and may have his best level to be important in the process of Néstor Lorenzo with the Colombian National Team towards the 2026 World Cup.
Despite the doubts that reaching a league like the Colombian one may generate after having been a great figure in River Plate, the truth is that an elite player and his characteristics could raise the level of the championship and also improve the image of the teams at an international level, who in recent years have not had their best version.
But how likely is it that Quintero will lose level in Colombia? As the league is, it’s something that could happen, but in 2017 with Independiente Medellín, the midfielder also returned to the country after not having the best opportunities in European football and seeking to increase his performance, he arrived at ‘Powerful’, a team where He was a figure, finishing catapulting him abroad again, joining River Plate in 2018, a club where he became an idol.
Thus, the return of the talented offensive midfielder to Colombia favors the level of the BetPlay League, but also if it occurs as in his time in the mountain group, Junior would be that club that would give him the opportunity to be the maximum figure , without having to fight for a place as the starter, maintaining the good level that he brought from the River and incidentally being close to the national team for the next challenges in the Qualifiers.
At the moment, his arrival is still under negotiation and Junior’s managers are only looking to accommodate the economic issue, but everything seems to indicate that there are decisive hours left to make the decision and the signing is imminent.
