National Athletic He wants to return to the place where one of the biggest clubs in Colombia should be. After a forgettable semester in which they did not qualify for home runs and were eliminated from the Libertadores Cup In the previous rounds, the reconstruction is being applied and they will seek to make the combination between experienced and youthful.
The first reinforcement that was announced It was that of Edwin Cardona, who ended his relationship with Cali America and returned to the Antioquia team as one of the big signings in the Colombian league market. The experienced Antioquian was followed by Juan Manuel Zapata, who was in Atlas de México and returned to Envigado, the club that owned his rights and transferred him to the Purslane team.
William Tesillo, would be Nacional’s third signing
Surprisingly and without so many rumors about it, National Athletic He made a post on his X account (formerly Twitter) that opened the doors to speculation. The team uploaded a video in which coordinates appear that They point towards Mexico and leave the suspense with emojis.
Well, the coordinates coincide with the stadium of the Club Leon of Mexico, the last team in which William Tesillo was. He remained there since May 2018 and recently ended his contract, ending a period of 6 seasons, in which he played 197 games (190 as a starter), contributed 8 goals and gave 6 assists.
In León, Tesillo managed to become champion of the 2021 League Cup, the 2021 Apertura Tournament and the 2022-2023 Concacaf Champions League. The club said goodbye to him with an emotional video on their social networks in which he thanked him for the services provided to the institution.
Thus, William Tesillo returns to Colombian football at the age of 34 to be one of the leaders of the restructuring project of the Verdolaga team. The versatile player had a stint at Centauros of Villavicencio (2009), Deportes Quindío (2010-2013), Junior (2014-2015) and Santa Fe (2016-2018), being champion with the Barranquilla team of the 2015 Colombia Cup and with the Bogota team of the 2016 Clausura Tournament and the 2017 Super League.
Nacional, for its part, is still waiting to complete an operation that will be complicated, like that of David Ospina. Already the president Sebastián Botero confirmed that they are advancing negotiations: “David Ospina is a dream, I love him as a fan, as president, the coaching staff loves him. We know what it represents, it would be the bastion of this project; We are advanced and working to achieve it, both parties are making efforts for that dream,” he said recently.
Roger Martínez and Jorman Campuzano They are other of the institution’s objectives, while Éder Álvarez Balante and Stefan Medina are ruled out. It is expected that, according to the president, there will be between 8 and 9 arrivals in total to face the next semester under the command of Pablo Repetto.
