The coach of America, the two-time Colombian champion, referred to the payroll he has for 2021 and in which he added four chips (Diego Novoa, Jerson Malagón, Óscar Cabezas, Guillermo Murillo) and lost seven (Eder Chaux, Edwin Velasco, Juan Pablo Segovia, Juan Pablo Zuluaga, Jefferson Murillo, Jhon Arias and Juan David Pérez). He insists his payroll is short and is urgently looking for an extreme.
In a talk with the Smoke Free Zone program, the scarlet coach said that “the issue of payroll is short, it is a reality, but that does not mean that it does not have hierarchy, those are two different things. In many positions we end up having players young people replacing others with more experience. Comparing the players who left with those who have arrived, we have not been able to fill that gap “.
America has not had a good start to the year: it was eliminated from the Betplay Cup (in the quarterfinals) at the hands of Deportivo Pasto and barely adds 2 points out of 9 possible in the League. He assured that the winger who arrived from Cortuluá they do not see it as a reinforcement but as an incorporation to the institution and that for that reason he requires yes or yes, an experienced player to reinforce that area.
“Today our priority, at least from the coaching staff, is to be able to bring in a winger, who gives us more variants in that sector because I think that’s where we are depopulated. If a better left comes or if it is a right that plays for left, but also do it on the right much better. I think the winger has to play for both bands and get used to it, “he said.
Juan Cruz Real added that “Guillermo Murillo is a bet of the club, that from the moment they bring him regardless of whether I have asked for it or not, he will work alongside the others. If he has to play, he will have the opportunity to show himself. He is not a player that we consider reinforcement and who have proven a level in the first division. He is an incorporation and if he shows his potential I cannot do less than give him the opportunity. Here the important thing is America. His arrival does not exempt us from having to bring a winger with the characteristics that we consider and that he comes from the first division ”.
Finally, he was consulted about the situation of the defensive midfielder, Carlos Sierra, who was not registered for the championship. “Sierra is a player who is part of America and I have an obligation for him to train with the team and to be considerate, but one is based on many things.” The truth is that Sierra, if he stays at the club this year, he will have no action and that is why they are looking for a loan.