Carlos Bacca confirmed his return to Colombian soccer, after his extensive international tour, by Belgium, Italy and Spain. This is a new case of soccer players who, already mature, already experienced, decide to turn around to get a second wind.
Figures that have returned
At the time they watered Fredy Guarín and Fernando Uribe to Millionaires. The fans of América also celebrated when Adrián Ramos returned from Europe, and those of Once Caldas did so when Dayro Moreno, today in Bucaramanga, came from Argentina, and those of Junior when, at the time, Teo returned, today in Cali, or Borja arrived, who has just left for River Plate.
It is that there comes a point in which certain figures decide, need or have to return to the local environment.
Guarín said that it was a dream to play in Millonarios. A debt that he had and fulfilled it in 2021, although for a short time, after being in Porto, Inter or Shanghai Shenhua, among other clubs. In addition to the Colombian National Team. His passing was short-lived and due to personal problems he retired.
A similar case was that of Fernando Uribe, when he returned to the League, first to Millonarios in 2021, and today in Junior. His career was on the rise after his last stage in Millos, with his time in Mexico and Brazil, and he suffered a stagnation. That’s why he came back.
A separate case is that of Miguel Borja, who came from Palmeiras to Junior in 2020 and at 27 years old was the top scorer in the League with 14 goals. His wish, he said, was to be on the radar of the Colombian National Team and play for the team he is a fan of. Today, he went to River.
Nacional is one of those that has opted to repatriate figures, as it did with Dorlan Pabón and Giovann y Moreno or Andrés Andrade.
Dayro Moreno is another case, after his international tour he returned and is still more relevant than ever, being the top scorer in the last championship with Bucaramanga.
It is about two soccer players who return to a familiar environment, sacrificing the validity abroad, to compete again. They have the experience and maturity to stand out in the local environment. And they arouse great expectations.
Héctor Fabio Báez, current sports manager of Junior and former president of Santa Fe, analyzed at the time that if the soccer players return it is for two things, either they did not play or they could not adapt.
“All those who return is because they are not playing or because their age does not allow them to be in a high-level competition, and those who are young and return it is because they were not prepared or have not adapted to international soccer,” says Báez.
Luis Felipe Posso is a renowned sports entrepreneur. He considered that when the soccer player returns, he has to do with the impossibility that he had to compete abroad.
“It is clear that when a player returns to the country it is because it is already very difficult for him to get a juicy contract abroad and he prefers to play his last years again, of course earning less than what they earn abroad,” he says. He considers that the one who returns will no longer enjoy the same advantages if he leaves again. “They no longer offer them the same salaries as before,” he says.
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