While the first star of the year in the Colombian League is defined between Atlético Bucaramanga and Independiente Santa Fe, the FPC teams begin to assemble for what will be the second half of 2024, which will also be full of action. ESPN Colombia brings you all the market updates with its ups and downs of both players and coaches.
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América was also off in the first half of the year and that led to the departure of César Farías, who could not meet the goal of putting the team among the top eight.
With ‘Polilla’ Da Silva as the new strategist in command, the scarlet team must renew itself and the process of cleaning the squad has already begun to reach the official competition in the best way.
John García, Edwin Cardona, Edwar López, Gastón Sauro, Luis Sánchez and Víctor Ibarbo left.
In terms of arrivals, América already presented Yerson Candelo and Felipe Gómez.
Leopard is playing in the FPC final and has not yet communicated anything regarding the squad for next semester.
El Tiburón not only thinks about the 2024 Final, but also has in mind what the CONMEBOL Libertadores round of 16 will be like, in which it will face Colo Colo from Chile.
For that, Reyes’ team has to strengthen well and not lose key pieces, something they will have to work on. With a view to these commitments, the Barranquilla team has already made three reinforcements official: Andrés Colorado, Jhon Lerma and Yani Quintero.
It is rumored that Deiber Caicedo’s continuity is quite complicated. The renewal of Carlos Bacca, a forward who had a great first semester and who wants to stay, is expected.
It is also known that Vladimir Hernández left the team, being the first confirmed loss.
With a weak first semester and far from international levels, Purslane must rebuild. For that, the new president, Sebastián Arango, has already begun to move chips and brought in players who can renew the enthusiasm of Nacional fans, who seemed distant in the first part of the year.
Edwin Cardona was the first new face of Nacional. A homegrown player, who the fans know and have been asking for for quite some time. His last step in Colombia, in America, was not entirely good, although he hopes to reverse that image when he dresses in green. Another reinforcement of experience who arrived in the last hours was William Tesillo, a central defender with a past in the National Team and who comes from a long career in Mexico. Juan Manuel Zapata is the one who completes this initial trilogy of reinforcements, to which more are expected to be added.
The arrivals of Jorman Campuzano and David Ospina are also expected, with whom everything would be very advanced.
In the departures section, Eric Ramírez, Neyder Moreno, Santiago Rojas, Edwin Torres and Álvarez Wallace were the first to abandon Repetto’s ship.
The Matecañas were very close to playing in the FPC final but in the end it was Bucaramanga who won the group.
After that disappointment, coach Leonel Álvarez stopped being the team’s coach and left “by mutual agreement,” according to the club.
There is still no news about the squad.
El Azucarero must have a good semester to return to the great plans of the FPC and also to begin to forget about the red zone of relegation.
For this, he began to move chips in his squad. They announced the departures of Isaac Camargo, Juan Castilla, Juan Esteban Franco and Lautaro Villegas.
In terms of additions, the only new name is on the bench: Hernán Torres took over as coach after his time at Emelec and will face the arduous task of reviving this team.
Pijao also had a good campaign but came up empty-handed in a highly contested group.
With the aim of fighting again in the second part of the year, Tolima The arrival of a man who gave her many joys has already been assured.: Paraguayan Gustavo Ramírez.
No casualties or other hires have been reported yet.
The Heroes Quarry shook the market with a return expected by all fans. This is Dorlan Pabón, who left Nacional at the beginning of 2024 and is now returning to Naranja to remember old times.
Independiente Medellín has already reported the arrival of its first reinforcement for the 2024-II League.
They confirmed the hiring of Luis ‘Chino’ Sandoval, who comes from a brief stint at Real Cartagena and where he ended up being relegated, according to sources, due to indiscipline issues.
They also announced that Fánier Torijano extended his contract until December of this year.
The Gamero Ambassador suffered a lot from injuries and a short staff in the first half, something that also hurt them at the international level, where they could not show their face.
Thinking about what is to come, Azul still does not have a player signed, although rumors are the order of the day and The dream of hiring Radamel Falcao is latent.
As for casualties, it was already known that Emerson Rodríguez will not continue since his contract ran until June and was not renewed.
Like the Leopard, the León is focused on the final and nothing is still known about its market.
