Quintero’s phrases about the River world: Juanfer never left

“Do not try to understand it! I was always happy in River. They say what they say I only have to thank everyone River. Here they have a fan for life,” he published on his Instagram account on December 30, 2022.

Only five months after their departure the questions about a return began. “It is not in my hands (the third round). It would be a disrespect today to talk about it. River is playing the cup and is going very well in the championship and I have a club that respects. We do not know what will happen in the future. I think I will never be detached from River. People always recognize what we have done for me will always stay in my heart and in my soul,” he said in the tribute to Marcelo Gallardo.

Not everything is positive in River for Juanfer

“It happens that River exhausts you. It made me a hermit to me, I did not leave my house because playing in River is not normal. You go out and you know that 20 or 30 people will arrive to take a picture and that is not bad, but I want a normal life. One cannot betray oneself, I like your life quietly and normal, but it is the price that you have to pay for football. To football.

Quintero and the memory of the Madrid final

“I did not enter with the team before Madrid. I had a pain in twin that did not let me train and I arrived with the right thing. The only thing I did, was a training once for ball and kicking control with Marcelo (Gallardo) and Rodrigo (Mora). Finally it was what ended up spending in the game. Life put me there and answered, it was my time (goal in Madrid). We know what happened in Madrid ( 2018), my love for River is huge and does not end, but I am a person who does not enter the Chicana.

Juanfer, about Gallardo

“I don’t know if it was a weakness for him (Gallardo), many people say it. We have many similar things. Marcelo is the coach who marked me the most, he arrived at the right time and today he follows the relationship. Gallardo was our leader, he guided us all and led us to achieve incredible things with the example. If he was not as it is, we would not have had the success we had. If you did not show competitive spirit, you were not going to play that We had the internal competition we had on the squad He marked me, and then Maria José (her daughter).

What is River for Juanfer?

“I am grateful to River always, it is my place in the world, I love you, I love you very much. That they know that I will always be grateful. For anyone it is a secret that River is my house, where I made myself known in Argentine and world football. So, there will always be suspicion about my possible return. Everyone knows me for River, I am a fan of River, I lived wonderful things and the coach is someone very close to me. I am always linked to me. Decision at the time, that love will never change, “he told Mariano Closs on AM850 F12.

THE PACT WITH MILITO When leaving Racing

“It is not a secret that we made a gentlemen’s pact with Diego Milito and Sebastián Saja and the people of Racing with whom I am very grateful. Diego felt that if I was going to River, he did not like him very well, then I told him that I was not going to River, at least at that time because my decision was to return to Colombia. With everything I lived in River and with the international title we won in Racing after 36 years footprint in the two clubs. Basic, “he said recently when confirming his departure from América de Cali.