Millonarios celebrated the Super League against Junior but he is not relaxing in the face of what will be a year full of challenges in different areas.
Ospina was close to Millonarios, but the pass finally did not happen. Getty Images
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In addition to the rivals on duty, The club is also trying to move away from the loss of important players within the scheme. The last name that was on the radar abroad was Álvaro Montero, a goalkeeper who was a figure in Bogotá with an incredible save against Chará.
The 1′ received an offer by Estudiantes de La Plata, a team from Argentina that will have international competition and great prestige in the CONMEBOL Libertadores. Pincha’s intention was to keep the goalkeeper, something that worried Alberto Gamero a lot, but in the end the negotiation did not happen.
Enrique Camacho, president of Albiazul, told the behind the scenes of this conversation and also confirmed that they tried to hire David Ospina in the face of what was an imminent departure of the El Molino-born goalkeeper.
Enrique Camacho delivered the latest news on the Estudiantes negotiation for Álvaro Montero
“An interesting offer was received from Estudiantes de La Plata but with a payment method that we did not see sufficient guarantees. She spoke with them, who are very eager to stay with Álvaro. They told us that they would give us about 12 hours but to be able to transfer a player like that, more time is needed,” he said in Sports Blog about the wishes of Estudiantes con Montero.
Camacho revealed the approaches of Millonarios with Ospina and told the reason why the pass did not materialize
About the talks with Ospina: “Meanwhile we had serious conversations with Ospina, an important enough alternative to replace Álvaro. We needed a Colombian goalkeeper if Montero left because we don’t have any more foreign quota. According to what they told us, Ospina is committed for six more months in Arabia, That’s why it couldn’t be done. “We would have liked to have a gentleman like Ospina but it wasn’t possible, we made the effort.”
Furthermore, Camacho made it clear that The relationship with Montero “went well” and that the player understood that the negotiation fell apart due to other factors despite the good intentions of the Millonarios board.