To Tom Nash.
Colombian game creator Juan Fernando Quintero has to settle for a multimillion-dollar offer of Shenzhen’s Chinese look, finishing his two years and an excellent share at River Plate.
On Thursday, he flew to Miami, where he plans to take a break and exercise before flying to Asia.
He arrived in Buenos Aires in January 2018 on loan from FC Porto, and his magical left-hander illuminated Argentine football so temporarily that River began working on the takeover clause.
His rise so suddenly that he came out of nowhere to move others according to José Pekerman’s estimates and earn a spot in the Colombian squad for the 2018 World Cup.
Once on the global stage, Quintero proved his worth by scoring a beautiful loose kick under a Japanese wall and returning all 10 men to the level, even if they fell 2-1 in their first match.
Back in Buenos Aires, the highest and excellent bankruptcy of his career about to begin when the eighth round of the Copa Libertadores began.
Quintero scored a critical purpose to help River beat Independiente in the quarter-finals, and after dramatically getting rid of Gr’mio, the unthinkable had a truth: Boca Juniors and River Plate were going to compete for the South American championship title for the first time.
The draw closed for 210 minutes, but with 12 minutes remaining in Madrid, Quintero controlled to score the key goal from the edge of the area and tilt the balance decisively in Favor of River.
Many claim that this is the ultimate vital purpose in the history of interclub football.
⚽ ?? Juan Fernando Quintero receives outside the ‘rea and outline with an unforgettable shot to the left ngolo of the Boca.pic.twitter.com/ZkrigMTRLW
– River Plate (@RiverPlate) December 10, 2018
The eternal glory of River’s, and the Colombian had been discovered in the club’s folklore less than twelve months after his arrival.
In the months following this seismic moment, his physical condition and peaked, he scored a surprising long-range loose kick against the Racing Club, which would later be nominated for the Puskas Prize.
1⃣ The magic of Juanfer Quintero to hang it from ‘ngolo and open the way of triumph against Racing in the Monumental.RiverDeTiroLibre pic.twitter.com/1RM1RXmr4j
– River Plate (@RiverPlate) April 4, 2019
A month later, in March 2019, his career took an unforeseen turn when he broke his circulatory ligament in a championship match against Independiente.
He spent seven months on the sidelines, and when he returned in October, his fitness was naturally far from his teammates.
From then on, he played a small role, an era of small cameos from the bench was to be expected.Quintero was now an unfit clumsy man, unable to keep up with the relentless intensity Gallardo demands of his team without a ball.He started it again in an attack and saw the last backing of the 2019 Copa Libertadores escape from the bench with Flamengo.
Technically impressive for almost all other footballers in Argentina, he continued to show quality knowledge that would continue to captivate foreigners.
Reports of lucrative donations were published almost a month in the Argentine press, however, he did not seem interested in 2019.
During the enclose of the coronavirus, when Argentine groups did not even exercise for five months, he spent time in his hometown of Medellin, there, to have replaced his brain over his future.
As his 28th birthday approached, the talented number 10 seemed determined not to lose the ship and capture the next chance to earn a fortune far beyond what he could dream of in South America.
Shenzhen submitted an offer worth US$15 million for 3 seasons (according to Clarín newspaper) and requested a transfer.
The clubs negotiated and neverthe yet settled a payment of about nine million euros after taxes.
And then he leaves. The elusive volatile talents of Medellín’s most productive will now be appreciated for the first time through an oriental fan base.
His time at River Plate ended, but memories of his films, tricks and loose shots will be loved forever, and his purpose opposed to Boca Juniors at the Bernabéu on December 9, 2018 will remain the legacy a River fan can expect from any fan.Player.
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