Carlos Bacca remains in Junior. The 38-year-old forward, who seems inexhaustible after closing another great semester with the Barranquilla club, extended his contract and, a priori, will stay one more season at the institution. Sebastián Viera revealed the news in a talk with Caracol Radio’s VBar.
“Happy with the renewal of Carlos Bacca, who renewed for one more year and there is a goal scorer for a while,” Viera expressed at the beginning of the program. The former goalkeeper told details about the negotiation and mentioned that the striker’s desire, from the beginning, was to stay at the club. “He asked this year because he wants to stay, he is very happy here, he likes Spain a lot, but he wanted to stay”said.
“He lowered his salary because he is happy, if he wants another year he will earn it like he earned this one, with performance, it is fair and deserved for what Carlos represents in Junior, he is a scorer and a role model”, added the Uruguayan. In the first half of 2024, Bacca played 30 games -28 of them as a starter-, scored 16 goals and gave 3 assists.
Viera and reinforcements for the second semester
“Lerma comes, at first he comes as an alternative, he does not come as a starter, he comes to a big club in which he has to learn a lot. Colorado already comes with more baggage, is accustomed to a large team and faster performance is expected“, commented the former goalkeeper about Jhon Lerma and Andrés Colorado, new reinforcements of the team for the second part of the year.
In addition to playing in the 2024-ll BetPlay League, the Barranquilla club will face the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores in the second half of the year, in which it will face Colo Colo. The first leg of this key will be on August 13 at the Monumental stadium in Colo Colo at 7:30 pm (Colombian time).
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