Wilder Cartagena He is determined to stay in Argentina and earn a place on Sebastián Méndez’s board. The front-line steering wheel of Godoy Cruz He spoke about his present at the club, his goals and why he turned down two important opportunities from Ecuador and Peru.
“The offer from Ecuador appeared, it was a direct interest, because the coach called me and everything, but in my head I did not want to leave Godoy Cruz. My family is very happy here, we are comfortable and I felt that I could be useful and could continue to grow in this league“, said Cartagena in dialogue with the ‘Dessert’ from Ovation radio.
Ecuador’s offer came from Olmedo FC. “I spoke with the ‘teacher’ Pablo Trobbiani, a great person. Yes, I was very interested, but I still did not want to leave Argentina and less in that way”He commented. But there was also a major offer from the recent League 1 champion.
“There was an interest of Sporting Cristal. We did not make much progress on the subject, because I had no alternative to return to Peru. Not for now, I feel like I still want to continue my career abroad and that’s why no further progress was made”, Confessed the Peruvian player.
Committed to Godoy Cruz
Wilder Cartagena stated that before deciding to stay in Argentina he had an extensive talk with the DT of Godoy Cruz, Sebastián Méndez, in order to know what opportunities he still had in the team. “He told me the things he thought, he was very upfront with me and I decided to stay here and fight for a position. When I got here, I didn’t want to leave without having left anything, without having learned anything”, He expressed.
Despite his interest in fighting to make a name for himself in the Argentine league, there was a proposal that did make him doubt; however, this did not materialize. “One from Turkey appeared, unfortunately, it fell because the president of the club had communicated that he was not going to deal with me here, that we look for a solution and we were moving some things with my representative, but it did not happen”, He said.
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