It is not so ‘Mute’. Alberto Rodríguez, the Peruvian defender who went through Junior in 2018 without pain or glory, spoke up to his elbows in the Youtube program ‘La fe de Cuto’, from the Trome newspaper.
In the midst of the many topics that Rodríguez touched on, the rojiblanco squad appeared, in which he spent more time in the medical department than on the pitch. The 38-year-old defender, who is without a team and close to retirement, spoke mockingly of the Barranquillero team and the way they hired him.
He assured that he never wanted to come to the shark club and that his economic demand was thinking that they would resign the idea of signing him.
“They wanted me to go at all costs, they called me directly. I had little reference to Colombian soccer, I had not mapped it out. I didn’t know that Junior was a big team and that the owners were The Owners! The real ones. The owner of the club is a man who has had it since 1970 (referring to Fuad Char), he has a lot of money. The son is the president (Antonio Char), another son is a senator (Arturo Char) and another son is a mayor (Alejandro Char), imagine!” said ‘el Mudo’ Rodríguez, who contacted the Argentine forward Bernardo Cuesta ex-Junior, before coming to Colombia.
“The truth is I didn’t want to go, but they insisted on me. I said: ‘I’m going to ask so that they tell me no. When I ordered, they said: ‘done, no problem’. I said: ‘I would have asked for more’ (laughs). When I found out who the owners were, I said to myself: ‘I would have asked for more’. It was still quite good (the salary) ”, she added between laughs.
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