Millionaires passed the semester. That is an irrefutable truth. That some fans believe that he had to be a finalist and champion to be satisfied, very respectable. But the return to a Copa Libertadores for a team without the resources of Nacional or Junior is surely a victory.
That said, now is the time to start thinking about the Cup, beyond what happens at the end of the B home run, in which Tolima has a foot and a half in the final, which he will solve at home and against Alianza, the rival. weakest of the group.
Millionaires, back on the international scene after three years, must avoid a fool and set a sensible goal of being in the group stage: overcoming the initial three phases will have billed 1.4 million dollars and once in that first destination they will enter 3 million more, just to come. That’s the loot to target.
How and with whom to get there? Strengthening the payroll. There is nothing more to do. And in this task not only must some players arrive but others must also leave.
The first adjustment has already been made: Álvaro Montero is already working on his adaptation process to the height of Bogotá and has a three-year contract that gives the idea of a guarantee that was missed. Montero is a goalkeeper with a Selection process, he is only 26 years old and that speaks of a long-term process and, as if that were not enough, he arrived for free, since he was ending his contract with Tolima. Round business! The victim would be Cristian Vargas, because his experience will give him problems to assume the role of substitute.
But there come the other discussions: Millionaires urgently require reinforcements in four more positions: a central defender, a containment midfielder, a creation and a forward.
Why so many? In the central defense, you have to have options for when Llinás and Vargas need rest or are out due to injury or suspension or even by calls from the Colombian and Costa Rican national teams. Murillo is a good prospect, but he has let it be known that he is uncomfortable with so little prominence and hears offers. You have to look for it will not only live from the quarry and, strange as it sounds, there is a candidate with a cardinal past but present of freedom to negotiate: Francisco Meza.
The other issue is a branded midfielder, before the imminent departure of Daniel Giraldo towards Junior. should have stayed, yes. They should have offered him a renovation that was won on the court, yes. But it didn’t happen and crying is no good anymore. Now we have to look for realistic alternatives, although without despairing because there are Vega, Pereira and the recovered Klíver Moreno.
The other profile that should be sought is that of creative: David Macalister Silva is indisputable but he is 35 years old and needs relief, Daniel Ruiz requires not only replacement but internal competition and the team does not have too many alternatives. To give an example, Javier Reina del Medellín has just left, although it already happened in 2014 without much success.
And the big mess: the scorer. It is difficult to process that Fernando Uribe arrived in January and, even before the end of the year, already had a contract agreed with Junior. He is the league’s top scorer (12 goals) but is passed for Millionaires. Without him and before the safe exit of Ricardo Márquez, only Jader Valencia would remain, who lately is more extreme than anything else. Just in case, Michael Rangel is in Mexico looking for a landing strip to return. They have the data …
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