Jorge Luis Pinto He would have everything ready to return to directing in Colombian soccer. According to Diego Rueda, journalist for Caracol Radio and director of VBAR Caracol, Pinto would end his almost one-year layoff to once again take the reins of a club and practice his profession.
Although the experienced strategist was very close to returning to Deportivo CaliIn the end the negotiations did not advance because, in his words, he had already agreed everything with the then president Guido Jaramillo, but later the same director backed out of what had been discussed.
“It all ended on Friday afternoon. In the talks everything was defined, the time, the money, the options to hire two class A players and everything else. On Friday, Guido (Jaramillo) called me and said no, they did not conclude what had been discussed.”, he stated. The talks were concluded and The Valle del Cauca team ended up opting for Hernán Torres.
Recently, press reports suggested that his fate would be in the Deportivo Pereiraafter announcing the departure of Leonel Alvarez. Despite having completed a semester in which he advanced to the final home runs of the League, the Antioquia strategist chose to step aside and agree with the club’s senior officials to leave him.
Now, the above was dismissed by Rueda himself in the program ‘Caracol Sports Sunday‘. “The Technical Director who said NO to Pereira was Jorge Luis Pinto. You already have a team”was the trill on social networks.
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Precisely the refusal to Deportivo Pereiraone of the best performing teams in recent years, is due to the fact that The 71-year-old technical director would have everything arranged with another national football institution. Although the name was not given, it would be an institution “that he carries in his heart.”
“It will be a bomb, since a team that he carries in his heart called him and he couldn’t say no,” was the complement of the information. It is necessary to remember that Jorge Luis Pinto has directed Millonarios, Independiente Santa Fe, Unión Magdalena, Deportivo Cali, Atlético Bucaramanga, Junior de Barranquilla and Cúcuta Deportivo.
