Colo Colo runs against time, since there are the last hours of a book of passes that closes during the day on Wednesday. The Cacique, if he wants to fasten his last reinforcement, will have to step on the accelerator.
The transfer market in Colo Colo has been tremendously busy. Since the 2022 National Championship ended, Gustavo Quinteros warned about the need to reinforce the squad with some pieces in order to be able to make a leap in quality and compete equally in all the competitions of the year.
But, contrary to what the coach could have expected, the transfer window was far from being what he wanted. With the departure of several starting players, the man from Santa Fe had to make various changes in plans and, thus, 8 reinforcements have already arrived to face the season that began with the defeat in the Super Cup. With a ninth addition pending and which should be announced this Wednesday, there is a position that the coach is still losing sleep over.
Closing of the book of Chilean soccer passes
The right side is one of the problems for Quinteros these days. Fixed the problem of the central defender (Matías de los Santos must be presented in the next few hours), the right wing of the defense is the last place on the playing field where the strategist wants a new player. The performances of Bruno Gutiérrez and Jeyson Rojas have not satisfied the man from Santa Fe, for which he has even ventured with César Fuentes for that sector.
But Colo Colo is running against time if he wants to button up a new side. This because The pass book closes this Wednesday, February 8 at 11:59 p.m.as indicated in article 13 of the Bases of the 2023 National Championship. Thus, if the Cacique wants to announce a new footballer, he must step on the accelerator and do it today.
The difficulties of the right side
The main obstacle to finding a right back is that the Albos do not have a foreign quota available. With the arrival of Darío Lezcano, Fabián Castillo and the imminent arrival of Matías de los Santos, the Eternal Champion completed the 5 foreign footballers allowed (Maximiliano Falcón and Agustín Bouzat the other two).
For this reason, the search must focus on a Chilean soccer player who, as a soldier in the local milieu, must not have played a match for the national tournament during these dates or, simply, go out and look for one that is in another league, a very difficult question due to the high prices that are handled.
