What started as a rumor is now reality: Luis Palacios will leave Once Caldas to link to Independent Santa Fe.
According to the source, Palacios will go to the eleventh Cardinal on loan for one year with purchase option.
Palacios was one of the most controversial players last semester at Blanco. Many fans and journalists questioned coach Hernán Darío Herrera for keeping him in the starting lineup ahead of other more experienced players.
Also, because he not only played as a right winger, but also as a winger.
Luis Palacios will join Mateo García (Millonarios), Alejandro García (Atlético Paranaense, from Brazil), Jerson Malagón, Santiago Cubides, Juan Carlos Díaz and Juan Camilo García, who also left the team.
At the moment, they have incorporated Yéferson Rodallega, Jaime Alvarado and Andrés Felipe Roa.
You can read: “The expectations with Once Caldas are clear: look for the place at eight and the title,” says El Arriero
The above join the base of the team that last year qualified for the semifinals of the BetPlay League I, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana and Copa BetPlay, and was eliminated from the BetPlay League II.
That base is made up of: James Aguirre, Juan David Cuesta, Kevin Cuesta, Jéider Riquett, Kevin Tamayo, Iván Rojas, Robert Mejía, Luis Sánchez, Felipe Cifuentes, Michael Barrios, Dayro Moreno.
The team, which will only be able to register 25 players against Dimayor, Work began at 8:00 in the morning on Saturday, January 3 at the Palogrande stadium. Initially with medical examinations and then with physical reconditioning.
In addition to Alvarado, Rodallega and Roa, Carlos Panelo Valencia also joined the coaching staffwho will join Hernán Darío Herrera, Andrés Felipe Rozo, Néstor Mario Marín, Camilo Zapata and Gustavo Vinasco.
The team started on Saturday and on the 9th they will leave for Cali, where they will be until January 14. There he will play two friendly matches, one with Deportivo Cali and the other with América.
From what we have learned, on January 7, at the Los Fundadores Theater, the Club will make the official announcements. The presentation of the new players and the new sports implementation.
The League will begin the weekend of January 18.
The 25 chosen
This could be the basis of the roster for the season (not counting the under-20s).
– Goalkeepers: James Aguirre and Joan Felipe Parra.
– Right backs: Juan David Cuesta, Efraín Navarro and Ian Rincón (sub-20).
– Central defenders: Juan Felipe Castaño, Jorge Cardona, Jéider Riquett, Kevin Cuesta and Stalin Valencia.
– Left backs: Kevin Tamayo and Yéferson Rodallega.
– Recovery flywheels: Iván Rojas, Jaime Alvarado, Robert Mejía, Tomás García (sub-20) and Rafael Acuña (sub-20).
– Creative flyers: Luis Sánchez, Andrés Felipe Roa and Esteban Beltrán.
– Forwards: Andrés Ibargüen, Déiner Quiñones, Jefry Zapata, Dayro Moreno, Mateo Zuleta, Michael Barrios and Felipe Gómez.
An ideal 11
James Aguirre, Juan David Cuesta, Kevin Cuesta, Jéider Riquett, Yéferson Andrés Rodallega, Jaime Alvarado, Robert Mejía, Andrés Felipe Roa, Luis Sánchez, Michael Barrios, Dayro Moreno.
The first date
Atlético Nacional – Boyacá Chicó
Independiente Santa Fe – Águilas Doradas
América de Cali – Internacional de Bogotá
Atlético Bucaramanga – Millionaires
Deportivo Pasto – Independiente Medellín
Jaguares de Córdoba – Deportivo Cali
Fortress – Valledupar Alliance
Junior from Barranquilla – Deportes Tolima
Deportivo Pereira – Llaneros
Cúcuta Deportivo – Once Caldas
Do click here and find more information about LA PATRIA.
follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, Spotify, TikTok and our whatsapp channelso you receive breaking news and more content.
Related reading
