An ankle injury has not given the 27-year-old defender a break, who will probably have to undergo surgery and will be out for four to five months. In this way, the first round of the National Championship and the group stage of the Copa Libertadores are lost.
Despite Colo Colo’s win over Deportes Copiapó at the start of the 2023 National Championship, not everything is joy at the Monumental Stadium. This is because Emiliano Amor will be out of the field for practically the entire semester, and that he will probably have to undergo surgery again to treat his rebellious ankle injury that he suffered in the friendly with River Plate last November.
This was stated by the journalist Cristián Ávila Soto in his report for the Los Tenores program on Radio ADN, adding that the player might not even be signed up for the first part of the year, which in turn frees up a quota for foreigners. I’m thinking about Gustavo Quinteros’s idea of looking for his guarantee substitute.
Will a replacement be sought?
As DaleAlbo has also found out, The time of withdrawal of the former Vélez Sarsfield is projected between four to five monthsso it is a fact that he will miss the entire first round of the National Championship and the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
For now, the albos have only two experienced defenders as Maximiliano Falcon and Ramiro Gonzalezapart from the young Bruno Gutierrez, Alan Saldivia Jeyson Rojas and Daniel Gutierrez. The outlook worries Quinteros, especially considering his international participation and that is why he has publicly said that a replacement is needed so as not to undermine the last line.
The situation of Amor forces to expedite the negotiations to close Matías Catalán as soon as possible. Although he was targeted to be the right-back that replaced Óscar Opazo, his natural position is as a central defender, so his signing could be an important solution. This option will be discussed at the board meeting this Wednesday.
It is not yet known if the player will undergo surgery in Barcelona or Argentina, since it is a complicated intervention, but his absence causes the team to lose another of the starters who clinched the title last year.
