2023-11-07 06:30:42
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Colombian soccer teams want ‘Hugol’. He has one year left on his contract, but he is dissatisfied.
Hugo Rodallega.
Photo: Mauricio Moreno | TIME
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Futbolred Editorial
November 07, 2023, 01:30 AM | m.
Hugo Rodallega will play his last game of 2023 this Tuesday. The Santa Fe forward will command the team that will face Once Caldas, on the last date of the regular phase of the BetPlay II-2023 League.
The cardinal seems not to believe in miracles, because although he has a minimal – and almost impossible – mathematical option to qualify for the semi-final home runs, he has already removed several players who were regular starters, and called up several youth players from the quarry to close his calendar.
After finishing the championship, the first task in Santa Fe, which at the same time is the great concern of the albirroja fans, is to define Rodallega’s continuity for 2024, because, although the forward has one year left on his contract, he is dissatisfied and the options to change teams are flooding in… and contracts can be broken.
“I already let (Eduardo) Méndez know, I have a good relationship with him, I am very direct. I told him that I need a meeting with him and next week I will do it. The first thing I want to know is what the project is, what we are going to do for next year, what the coach has in mind… he knows that I am dissatisfied,” confirmed Rodallega in a chat with ‘Zona. Smoke free’.
And although he has not finished competing, surveys from several big teams in Colombian soccer have reached Rodallega’s entourage. According to press reports, América and Deportivo Cali want him for the next season; Millonarios and Junior would have also asked.
The 38-year-old striker pointed out that “I have a contract until 2024, but he (Méndez) knows that if I am asking him regarding the project and how he is going to put together the team for next year, it is because I want to compete and get into the finals.” . If I see that there is nothing we can fight with, it is a possibility (changing teams) too.”
Now everything is in the hands of Eduardo Méndez, something that also worries the Cardinal fans, as they do not know what the club president’s plans are, and they condemn the bad 2023 campaign, in which he had two coaches and failed to qualify for international tournaments. .
It will be up to Méndez to convince Rodallega to stay and lead an ambitious project, which aims to qualify for international tournaments, play finals and be a protagonist in Colombian soccer.
If there is no such project, Eduardo Méndez, as a lawyer, knows that the contract with Rodallega might have a termination agreement. Figures would even have to be fixed, since the club might have an economic benefit if it facilitates his departure.
However, the Santa Fe fans expect green smoke for Rodallega’s continuity, as it would mean the first step of a plan to return greatness to the Bogotá team.
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