One of the summer soap operas was what happened between Carlos Palacios, Boca Juniors and Colo Colo. The trans-Andean team came with everything to try to take La Joya who, at that time, was debating between continuing in the largest club in Chile or crossing the mountain range to dress in blue and yellow. Finally, the negotiations did not come to a successful conclusion for the Xeneizes, and the 23-year-old footballer stayed in Macul.
Several months have passed since those hectic days. In Argentina there were many who took the transaction for granted, although in Cacique there was always certainty that the player would stay. Thus, as time passed, Palacios spoke again about that negotiation and He provided unpublished details of the conversations he had with the club from the neighboring country.
“They were difficult moments between deciding whether it happened or not. There will always be the uncertainty of what is going to happen. because you have to adapt to football and you also have to adapt your personal life. Anyway, I feel good, calm and comfortable in Colo Colo“, he noted on Radio Pauta’s Game Guide.
The thing is that, in addition to a club like Boca Juniors calling you, it is a fact that does not happen every day, especially when its president is Juan Román Riquelme. For the same reason, for Palacios “It was a moment that I did not expect. For me it was surprising and at the same time strange because I had to talk to the person I had admired since I was a child.”
Juan Román Riquelme could not convince Carlos Palacios
Regarding his talks, the man trained at Unión Española said that “He was direct with me from the first time we talked. He told me what the intention of the club was, he told me about what Boca was. He tried to convey to me what it was like to be there and there we were talking and then it didn’t happen.”
The thing is, a few days after the negotiation was frustrated, Carlos Palacios attended a press conference and gave his reasons for staying in Colo Colo. On that occasion, the attacker acknowledged that he was “an important interest, we all know what Boca is. After all, I’m still here, I’m happy and I hope to have a great year and maybe make an important leap later.”
Thus, he pointed out that he had “the option of talking to him (Riquelme), but here I found my place in the world. It was a little difficult at first, it didn’t feel right, but then I got used to it. It was always my dream to play for Colo Colo, I have always been a fan of the club. The decision comes from there, to be close to my family, to try to make an important name for myself here.. That was one of the doubts that he had only played one year. It was an important decision. “I love this club and I always want to see it at the top.”
The numbers of Palaces in Colo Colo
This season, Inter Porto Alegre has been present in fourteen matches between the Super Cup, Copa Libertadores (seven) and National Championship (six). With 1,154 minutes on the court, he has four goals and two assists. Since his arrival in Colo Colo, he has 49 commitments with 17 goals and seven clearances in 3,690 minutes played.
