Gustavo Quinteros referred to the complicated search for a striker who can replace the sudden departure of Gato and did not hesitate to point him out due to the problem he caused in the planning.
The panorama to obtain reinforcements in Colo Colo has been complicated. The signing of Matías Catalán fell through, who aimed to be an important defense solution after the injury to Emiliano Amor, but it is also worrying not to find a replacement for Juan Martín Lucero up front.
Another factor that does not keep Gustavo Quinteros calm is that the transfer market in Chile closes on February 8, because he is against time to close the squad. The strategist referred to the Cacique’s movements to finally complete the squad and recognized the difficulties.
“It is a difficult market, most of the players have contracts with other clubs and it is not easy to get them out. If we want to bring in a good player, it is very difficult to find him free, hopefully the striker can be solved for these days. We are trying to replace Emiliano Amor because maybe he will not play for a long time and we have three competitions, ”he began.
Darts to Lucero for 9
The sudden departure of Juan Martín Lucero altered Colo Colo’s planning, since he did it when the preseason was underway and there weren’t many options on the market. In addition, the efforts were focused on looking for a striker who would replace him like Leandro Benegas, but his case forced him to go for another attacker.
That is why Quinteros did not hesitate to target the Gato again for this complication. “When Lucero left, it hurt us a lot and hurt us a lot, because we found in him a player that we had been looking for since 2020 and that after a great season he left. It is not easy to find someone of his level, ”she launched.
In this sense, he referred to the polls by his replacements: “I know that all the directors make efforts to incorporate Correa, Merentielthe first players we tried to contact, Due to the issue of Lezcano and other strikers who cannot come by contract and because they are doing well at their clubs. Sometimes players don’t want to change clubs, it’s complicated, it’s not just wanting to. First there is the club that owns its federative rights and then the desire of the player ”.
For this reason, he hinted that despite Colo Colo’s wishes to have one of them, they have not shown much interest in coming. “Sometimes the player is waiting for other options. Instead of coming to South America, they want to go to Europe, the United States or the Middle East. They wait and wait, they don’t make up their minds to moveThen the days go by and it becomes difficult. We have looked for high-level players who can contribute a lot to the team as Lucero did, ”he added.
