:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/QS67YOPRNBDENBB3MCMDELPBLI.png "Colo Colo ruled out Paolo Guerrero: “He is not in the folder,” said the club president")
President of Colo Colo ruled out the signing of Paolo Guerrero.
Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero continues without finding a team at the start of the 2024 season, which is why his name is linked to different clubs in South America. One of them is Colo Colo, a club with which he had been called in the past since he was looking for an attacker, because they sold his promise, Damián Pizarro, to Udinese in Italy.
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However, the president of the ‘cacique’, Alfredo Stöhwing, revealed that there is no interest in having the services of the 40-year-old striker: “No, he has not been in any folder that I know of,” he answered during a press conference. , in which they announced the shirt for this season.
The ‘Cacique’ was close to losing his other great attacker, Carlos Palacios, who had been linked to Boca Juniors. However, they finally managed to ensure the continuity of the Chilean national team player, so there would not be so much urgency in signing another nine.
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“Palacios is very happy with us and has told me that he will stay. He always has an exit clause, but he will stay in Colo Colo,” he assured.
Paolo Guerrero has been without a team since he left LDU – Credit: Getty
Likewise, he commented that Jorge Almirón is satisfied with the team he has. Let us remember that the Chilean team has just closed the signing of Arturo Vidal, who at 36 years old returned to football in his country after almost 20 years abroad, generating great enthusiasm among the ‘albos’ fans.
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“Jorge stated that we have a great squad, he does not want to think about the arrival of any player who does not make differences with respect to the squad we have. “We have some ideas that we are going to discuss and see, but it will not necessarily be closed today, but it could be in the coming weeks,” he stated.
Arturo Vidal was Colo Colo’s star signing this season (AP Photo/Esteban Félix)
Given the refusal of Colo Colo, the most solid offer that Paolo Guerrero has to continue his career is that of César Vallejo, a team of which its own president Richard Acuña stated that they have it as their first option, and that they hope to announce it in their next match, on Friday, February 2 against FBC Melgar at 8:00 p.m. at the Mansiche stadium in Trujillo for date 2 of the Apertura Tournament.
On the subject, RPP reported that, on Wednesday the 31st at 4:00 p.m., the ‘Predator’ and the cast’s owner ‘poet’ held a virtual meeting, in which they would finalize whether the captain of the Peruvian team would join the team. moves to La Libertad.
Richard Acuña hopes to present Paolo Guerrero this Friday, February 2, in the match with Melgar. (Video: League 1 Max)
Paolo Guerrero started the year with a renewal offer from Liga de Quito, a team in which he had a successful time in the second half of 2023, due to winning the Copa Sudamericana and the LigaPro, titles to which he contributed by scoring 8 goals. in 20 games played.
However, he rejected this offer, because he made the continuity of coach Luis Zubeldía, who finally left the club, a condition. The affinity of the former Bayern Munich with the Argentine strategist was due to the fact that he played a fundamental role in his signing for the ‘king of cups’, and later, they forged a great friendship.
Subsequently, the option of Paolo Guerrero and his dream of returning to Alianza Lima, a club where he trained in minor divisions, remained latent. However, despite the fact that the forward publicly expressed his intention to return, Bruno Marioni, ‘blue and white’ sports manager, pointed out that he was not in his plans.
“We have decided, together with the technical command, to have a profile of footballers. Within the structure of the squad that we think about for this year, Paolo Guerrero is not there,” he declared.