It is no secret to anyone that one of the most loved players by the River Plate fans, if not the most, is Juan Fernando Quintero. With his charisma, but also magic every time he touches the ball with his left-handed booty, he has won the hearts of those who encourage the Millionaire. The best thing is that the affection is reciprocal, as commented by the player's representative, Rodrigo Riep.
In conversation with the program ¿How Te Va? , from Radio Colonia, the football agent stated that the holder of the '10′ always wanted to return to the cross-band club, with which he was crowned champion of the Copa Libertadores 2018, scoring a goal in the final played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Hence, he took advantage of the economic crisis in Shenzhen, of the Chinese Super League, to look for ways to relive his best times in Argentina.
Although Quintero gives clarity to his team every time he has the ball at his feet, he still doesn't dazzle as in the past, maybe that's why DT Marcelo Gallard or usually takes it into account in the second half, instead of calling him as the initialist. Rodrigo Riep is aware of this and stated that the coffee grower is working on his physical conditioning to provide the club with everything he has, hopefully being a starter.
“Juanfer for me has the best foot in South America. There is not a player who has the clarity and peripheral vision that he has. With the class and quality it has, it can cost him physically because returning to the rhythm of Argentine football is not easy, but today he is fine, he hooked again the work of what River requires. He feels happy and he's great,” he concluded.
Juan Fernando Quintero officially began his second cycle with the River Plate. On January 31, eleven days after arriving in Argentina to undergo medical examinations, he finally signed his signature at the end of the contract. He did so in the company of the club's president, Jorge Brito, and the vice president, Matías Patanian.
Although the team of Núñez had already anticipated the arrival of Juanfer, today owner of the '10′ that throughout last year the Colombian Jorge Carrascal wore, through different posts on his social networks confirmed his signing. #ElRetornoDelRey was the hashtag used by the team to welcome him, a fact that speaks of the appreciation held by the Colombian.
Among the shared content, a video with the best feints and goals of the creative flyer during the three seasons he played at the Millionario stand out. The closing of the short could not be any other than that of the goal he scored for Boca Juniors in the 2018 Copa Libertadores final, the second of 3-1 at the legendary Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, just minutes after entering the field, because by Marcelo Gallardo's decision he was not part of the starting eleven.
“I want to thank all the fans of River for the messages of support, for the reception, and nothing, on my part just thank them from the heart, we know we are in the club and I personally want to make him very happy. This year we have great aspirations, we have great goals and we want to fulfill all those that we are going to attack, with your help and support, we need them. Let's hope that this year will be very prosperous for us and we can gain a lot of things,” he said in his presentation.
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