Although no one from the Colón World was ever interested in repatriating Luis Miguel Rodríguez (no one spoke with “Pulga” and neither did Robert San Juan his FIFA agent) in either of the two summer/winter windows, “Pulga” himself deactivated yesterday the ghosts that flew over La Tacita de Plata: “I am one hundred percent committed to Gimnasia, my head is here.” At the same time that Iván Raúl Delfino’s squad was left with a four-day mini-vacation until Monday, the name of Claudio “Taca” Bieler, Rafaela’s top scorer, former sabalero and recently separated from Agropecuario, was offered. As is known, the leader of zone “B” and the best team in the promotion will have four reinforcement slots until Thursday, June 27 at eight at night.
After the 1-0 defeat against Chacarita in La Tacita de Plata, the one who participated in a “special” press conference was Luis Miguel Rodríguez, today a franchise player in Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. The captain, scorer, idol and reference of Colón Campeón, started by challenging: “Before answering any question, I want you to tell me who said about you that I was not comfortable in this club and in this city.” Next step, he didn’t answer the first question.
As is known, there was a lot of talk this last week about Luis Miguel “Pulga” Rodríguez in Jujuy and not about strictly football matters but about the possible departure of the Tucumán striker that he never took it upon himself to deny with the Jujuy media until after the Defeat was expressed at a press conference after the fall against Chacarita on “23 de Agosto”.
“In the province of Jujuy I am very comfortable. I can get up in the morning to take my children to school, which is what I like to do. I think that of the 19 games I played 16, I feel very comfortable. Sometimes you play well, sometimes “Sometimes we play regularly or sometimes poorly but it’s part of football, I always trained 100%, I always gave myself 100%, which is what I came to do, to always be available,” commented the man born in Simoca, clarifying that he feels comfortable in the lands of Jujuy and with the strength to face the second part of the climb in Argentina.
“I am one hundred percent committed to Gimnasia, my head is here, I always tried to play all the games because that is what they hired me for,” confessed the Tucumán attacker facing the second part of the championship that will begin on Sunday, the 23rd. June for the “wolf” when measured against San Martín de Tucumán in the Luján neighborhood.
Rodríguez also referred to the feelings that existed within the “albiceleste” locker room after the tough 1-0 defeat against Chacarita. “The truth is that the locker room was very beaten up, no wonder, we lost a very important game. We have to recover as quickly as possible.” In this way, with his forceful phrase, the “Pulga” Luis Miguel Rodríguez deactivated any type of rumor, transcendence or version of his possible return to the “10” of Colón or the “7” of Atlético Tucumán.
As is known, the professional team of Club Atlético Colón was furloughed until Monday morning, after the last training session at the June 4 sports facility on Wednesday. It must be remembered that Colón will officially play again on Sunday, June 23, from 3:10 p.m., against CADU in the city of Zárate with TyC Sports TV nationwide.
During this break, the winter market opens four places to all the promotion clubs (the window closes on Thursday the 27th in the AFA) and the diagnosis on which the coaching staff and leadership agree is the lack of forwards with goals. Therefore, as it turned out, Colón “will hire one or two forwards” for the decisive semester in promotion.
In the dance of names, where “Jony” Torres sounded like the great dream, now that of Claudio Bieler was added, which was offered to someone linked to Mundo Colón yesterday. From what was revealed, “Taca” terminated his contract with Agropecuario (8 games, 2 goals), he has the pass in his possession and can join any team “freely.”
Even the Bieler issue made noise (as expected) in the city of Rafaela, where he has just had two excellent campaigns (15 goals in 2022 and 16 goals in 2023). Yesterday, in the rehearsal of the celestial team, the new coach of “La Crema” (Fabián Nardozza) mentioned the historical creamy “9” that was offered to Colón.
“There are very good players in the club so that tomorrow we don’t have to bring in 20 new players. We are going to build a squad from what Atlético was, where the flag was the club’s boys,” he said. One who recently had a meeting with the coach was Claudio Bieler. The historic Atlético player, 40 years old and without a club after his termination with Agropecuario de Carlos Casares, had a talk with Nardozza, mentioned by the coach himself. It will remain in the intentions of all parties whether the Vera forward wears the La Crema shirt again or not.
“Seeing Atlético down there is annoying but not scary. I always say that I’m not afraid of what’s coming and I need all the guys to be able to climb the standings,” Nardozza closed in his presentation and referring to ” Taca” Bieler, free scorer and offered to Colón who is looking for “one or two 9s.”
“Puppy” Burián and his decision: “Not to play”
The “Cachorro” Leo Burián, champion goalkeeper with Colón on June 4, 2021 on the night of San Juan, made statements on Sol Play 91.5, talked about his current situation and even about whether he dreams of having an end to his career in Sabalero. Regarding the latter, the Uruguayan was clear. “It is very difficult for me to leave the country at this stage of my life. In these months I decided not to play. I am going to take some time to be with my family and not leave the country.”
As is known, the Uruguayan goalkeeper was left with the pass in his possession on December 31 after his last landing in the Vélez Sarsfield goal. “I miss changing rooms, chatting with friends. Maybe I can play one more year so my children can enjoy me, but close to my house,” the popular Uruguayan and champion “Cachorro” clarified on FM Sol Play.
One of the best goalkeepers in the history of the Santa Fe club, did not avoid the question about his retirement. “Retirement makes you a little afraid, but I have some idea of leaving. I am looking for alternatives in the future. We have to think to see how I remain linked to football, either as a coach or as a goalkeeper coach,” said Leo Burián.
