Quintero returns to Barranquilla two years later, with debts of his passage through Junior

The Junior vs America By Conmebol Sudamericana marks the return of Juan Fernando Quintero to Barranquilla where he contributed little in 2023.

The complex of his signing anticipated the stormy of that relationship. In 24 hours of vertigo with comings and turns he reached the shark. Yes, no, yes.

It was presented to a full stadium. The pride of having it was diluted in its two months with the rojiblanca shirt.

Seven games and a goal with Junior

Juanfer started in all commitments. Six for the League and one for South American Conmebol.

In the local tournament he had 540 minutes. He noted Envigado.

For the Cup, the visit to Tolima Sports in Ibagué was eliminated in phase one.

Injured in selection

With two months in Junior he was summoned by Néstor Lorenzo to Colombia National Team to the friendly tour of Asia. An injury took it out of concentration.

“The coaching staff and the medical department of the male Colombia of the elderly, at the head of the technical director, Néstor Lorenzo, tonuncia that player Juan Fernando Quintero has been distributed from the national team for the tour of friendlies in Asia After having conducted medical studies, “explained the Colombian Football Federation.

That physical discomfort complicated its continuity for the rest of that semester with the club. The doctor Javier Fernández detailed the situation in AM850.

“We thought it was just an inflammation and, with that diagnosis, a message was sent to the federation telling what he had. They understood that it was slight and was summoned the same. The surprise now is that Juanfer could train but it happened the same as in Barranquilla, it is not 100 percent And that’s why he was distressed for that game, “he said.

Your departure

The last game had it on March 13 against Envigado. He scored a goal in the defeat in the Metropolitan.

In the middle of the year and already directed by Hernán Darío “Bolillo” Gómez took a step to the side. Argued tactical differences with the DT.

“I begin to feel that I do not fit and it is the reality. I do not fit into a system that is unquestionable, I do not fit”he claimed.

His affection for the city, fans and team is intact.

“When I went to Junior I felt the affection of the people, and I return and I repeat it, it was not for money, it was the love of the people who took me, no matter how much a lies were spoken, it is because I wanted to be in my countryfeeling dear, respected and loved, going to the stadiums, and how people received me. I was the happiest guy in the world, until what happened happened. It would be very good to return to Junior, but they already know without whom ”, He told AM850 last year.