This season has not been entirely kind to central defender Yerry Mina, who failed to find the desired amount of participation for his career at Fiorentina. However, thanks to the transfer market, the defender found new hope under the Cagliari shirt.
The defender born in Guachené began a new stage in his professional career with the Rossoblù team and hopes to be able to contribute to the team to get it out of the relegation zone. However, one of the main concerns with his arrival is his physical condition.
In recent years, Mina has been severely affected by constant injuries that have left him off the field for a considerable time. Regarding this well-known situation of the coffee grower, the team’s coach, Claudio Ranieri, referred to it, making it clear that he is crossing his fingers that he does not get hurt.
Through a press conference, the Italian stated that they are alert about Mina’s physical condition, since they want to have him for as long as possible, since his contract was only established for six months:
“Mina is a player who has already played in England, in the national team, he has many battles, I just have to tune him up physically because he has only played a few minutes, hoping that he doesn’t get hurt because he is a bit of a guy who usually has small problems. He is very generous, he is the type of player who tells you that he is always good, even when he needs a day off. We will have to be very careful with this aspect”
Subsequently, he highlighted the energy with which the tricolor arrived to the team, Ranieri specified that Mina was a footballer that the team had been waiting for for a long time and that now they will seek to get the best possible level of play out of him:
“Mina is a force of nature, she came in with a smile, with personality. I hope to balance the defense with him, it would be a big plus for us. Mina was a boy we wanted at the beginning of the summer transfer market and then he didn’t come. He has arrived and we are happy. He is ready to play, we will see him on Monday afternoon”
The positive point of the Colombian’s involvement is that he will have the opportunity to extend his contract with the institution until next year, depending on his performance and whether the objectives agreed upon at the time of closing the negotiations are met.
Ranieri had already directed Colombian soccer stars
For 2012, Claudio Ranieri was named as the main strategist of the ambitious AS Monaco project, after his time at Inter Milan. In his new adventure, the Italian had two world-class Colombian talents, James Rodríguez and Radamel Falcao García, who led the team’s attack.
James, known for his outstanding performance at FC Porto, and Falcao, recognized as one of the best attackers globally in 2013 after being crowned champion multiple times with Atlético de Madrid, became the stars of the Monegasque project.
Despite having signed great memories with them, there was a stone in the road that made all of Colombia stumble quite hard. Under Ranieri’s command, Tigre suffered his well-remembered torn anterior cruciate ligament that kept him from the 2014 World Cup. The Italian strategist was harshly accused of having him play in the French Cup match against a third division team. but the helmsman made it clear that this decision had been by mutual agreement. With Infobae