Junior: Rafa Pérez set a date for his return after serious injury

Rafa Pérez suffered an incomplete fracture in his fibula in September and, after several months of recovery, he stated that his return to the courts is close.

Junior will start the preseason thinking about the action he will have in 2025 and would receive good news in the first weeks of January: Rafa Pérez He gave a tentative date to return to the fields after the injury.

The defender has not played since September 11, 2024 when Tiburon faced Medellín.

That day, Pérez suffered an incomplete fracture of the right fibulawhich took him off the courts until the end of the season.

The center-back spoke after all these months away from action and confirmed that he is closer than ever to playing with the first team again.

“We are in the last stage of my recovery. I now had surgery in December but it was to remove material that had been put in me in February when I was injured. We consider that in order to play we would be between the third and fourth week of January. We have to get ready to play. from a physical and sporting point of view,” he commented.

“This year unfortunately It seems unbelievable but since I arrived everything was not very viable.so to speak, because things always happened. My hiring generated controversy, then when the championship started I didn’t receive my clearance and then in the sixth game I was seriously injured. I recovered and a month later I was injured again, these are situations that sometimes one does not understandbut I continue with the desire to provide what I have always provided in my career,” Pérez added.

What is Rafa Pérez’s contractual situation like in Junior?

On the other hand, the defender said that he has not had the opportunity to speak with César Farías, but he made it clear that he wants “personal revenge” and confirmed that his contract with Junior expires this December 31st.

“I want to stay in Junior but they are decisions that do not depend on one. I know I didn’t have a productive year, we are exposed to these types of injuries, but I want that personal revenge to be able to contribute and show why they brought me in. I have a contract until December 31but due to the injury issue it must be extended,” he concluded in Vbar Snail.