Faustino Asprilla anticipated bad news for River fans: "Juanfer Quintero is going to China"

08/20/2020 - 12:59

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The former striker of the Colombian team, Faustino Asprilla, revealed the details of a conversation he had with Juan Fernando Quintero regarding his future and made it clear that this is far from River. "Tino" Asprilla spoke on BluRadio's "Sports Blog" program, and confessed that the midfielder "Millonario" will leave River and that in these hours he will tell Marcelo Gallardo, the coach of Núñez's team.

"Juanfer Quintero this Friday is going to Miami on vacation. He is not going to train with River anymore. Last night (for this Wednesday) I spoke with him; he called me by video call for an hour. We were talking and he told me he was going to speak today (for this Thursday) with the technician (Marcelo Gallardo) to ask him to let him go, "commented Asprilla on the radio.

The former Parma striker (he was a teammate of Hernán Crespo, among others) and the Colombian team redoubled the confession and said that even the Chinese from Shenzhen have already begun to pay him : "He is going on vacation. What's more, he is the contract in China they have already begun to pay it ... ".

Quintero prepares his suitcase to go to the Chinese Super League. "He is very close to the owner of Shenzhen FC," Asprilla confessed. "They have already started paying the contract," he added. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.

Shenzhen FC had raised the initial offer and the Millionaire team would have the clean nine million dollars that they wanted from the first moment,

Quintero in River plate training in Ezeiza. Photo Juano Tesone.

Lastly, Asprilla also explained why Juanfer is going to China: "The Qatar and Saudi thing he didn't even look at. He goes to China because he's a close friend of the owner of that team . Even in 2018 that team wanted him. , but Quintero did not leave for the love of the shirt. Two years ago they came after him and this time he is going to leave. "

JCH.