December 31, 2022, the end of the year that worries more than one River Plate fan and Martin Demichelis. The Argentine strategist, former central defender of Bayern Munich, Málaga, Manchester City, among other renowned clubs, will have the tough mission of replacing Marcelo Gallardo, one of the most important strategists in the last stretch of the River Plate team’s history and, furthermore, he suffers for the departure of Juan Fernando Quintero.
Martin Demichelis had maintained his interest that Juan Fernando Quintero manage to renew with River Plate, but his wish was not fulfilled with a few hours to go before the employment relationship of the Antioquian was cut. A farewell that has already been given by JuanFer on his social networks with the support of colleagues and former colleagues in the Argentine team such as Enzo Fernández, Germán Pezzella and Franco Armani, Nicolás de la Cruz, among others.
The future of Juan Fernando Quintero is still a complete uncertainty and he hopes to resolve it promptly thinking regarding what will come in 2023 loaded with a lot of football for the Colombian National Team and that the Antioquian hopes to be taken into account by Néstor Lorenzo and for this reason, You must hurry to define your next course. Rumors in Colombia, the United States and Brazil are the leagues that are most likely to have the midfielder ’10’, but for now there is nothing concrete.
However, the one who sees being able to count on Juan Fernando Quintero very closely is Flamengo. The last champion of the Copa Libertadores wishes to sign the talented Colombian midfielder. The Rio de Janeiro team follows in JuanFer’s footsteps with the great and latent desire to start a business, which would now be much easier in 2023 when the man from Antioquia is contractually free.
Thus, Flamengo’s plan is to wait until 2022 ends and 2023 begins with the aim of simply being able to negotiate with Juan Fernando Quintero. However, in the last hours, there has been a detail that has Mengao thinking more than twice regarding the signing of the former Porto and Rennes from Portugal and France respectively. What has always been in discussion with Juan Fernando: his physical condition is the big problem that has Fla in doubt.
Injuries have been a big problem for Quintero at River Plate, but he always had the full confidence of Marcelo Gallardo in every game. His physical condition worried him, demanding that it is a matter that must be improved for the future and now, this aspect is what would cut short the possibility of Juan Fernando signing with the American champion, Flamengo.
Juan Fernando Quintero provided assists and goals in the last stretch, in addition to his great talent at River Plate. The press surrendered at his feet, and the fans too. For this very reason, Vitor Pereira yearns for Quintero and wants to have him at Flamengo. In the past, Pereira scouted him when he managed Fenerbahce in 2016 to replace Diego Ribas, now he’s looking to make it happen.
GloboEsporte highlighted that Flamengo’s interest in the Antioquian is serious, “Flamengo sees Quintero as an alternative to Everton Ribeiro and Giorgian de Arrascaeta, a weakness in the squad for years, but is looking for more information on the midfielder’s condition.” From the same medium, they refer to the fact that they hope that Juna Fernando is in optimal condition, highlighting the muscular problems that he had at River Plate last season. A small problem would not allow JuanFer to reach the history of Brazil.
