Colo Colo: The top 10 of the greatest smokes in the history of the Cacique

While Colo Colo continues to poll players and look for alternatives to strengthen its squad for the new season that begins in March, there has been talk of a series of players who could arrive at the Chief, however, everything has remained a simple rumor.

Several years ago, the Popular used to make big hires and shake up the Chilean soccer market. But there have also been a series of bombastic names that have sounded but that have only been rumors.

Here at DaleAlbo we present the 10 most remembered “smokes” in the history of Colo Colo:

1) Diego Forlan sounded strong at Popular in 2012, when he announced that he would leave Inter Milan and said he wanted to return to South America. Finally everything came to nothing and the Uruguayan arrived at Inter in Porto Alegre.

two) Diego Maradona He was in talks to call on the Cacique in the 90’s when he was coming out of his punishment for doping. This situation was more than a simple rumor, even the Argentine star said that there was the possibility of reaching the Greatest, noting that “I had contacts with Colo Colo. And it could have been. I would have liked.”

3) In 1993, Colo Colo was looking for a renowned player to win the Copa Libertadores again. The name of Enzo Francescoli It rang and it was said that it would be the Alba cover for the night and they even said at that time that they had seen it in a pool at the Sheraton Hotel. Everything was smoke.

4) That same year Colo Colo wanted to break the market and also wanted to bring Ronaldo Nazario, who was active in Cruzeiro. The Brazilians asked 3.5 million dollars for the “Phenomenon”, an impossible price for the Chief. Finally Ronaldo would arrive at PSV of the Netherlands.

5) Edgar davids Now retired, he came to Chile for a freestyle event in 2012 and was given a Colo Colo shirt. In addition, at the event was the then president of Blanco y Negro, Carlos Tapia, who assured that “he remained to communicate with us during the week and obviously we will be expectant.” The Dutchman never called.

6) In the 70s, Luis Alberto Simián, president of Colo Colo at that time, pointed out that they were going to do everything possible to bring Skin to Popular. Obviously the operation never happened and “O Rey” ended his career in the New York Cosmos in 1977.

7) In the 2000 ‘it was said that Carlos the “Pibe” Valderrama it could land at the Cacique, however, everything was evidently “smoke” and the Colombian never arrived.

8) After the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the name of Martin Palermo sounded in Colo Colo after having finished his contract with Boca Juniors. However, everything came to nothing and the “Titan” ended his career in the “Xeneize”.

9) The Cacique wanted to shake up the market in 2016 and take over the services of Diego lugano 35 years old to play the Copa Libertadores. Finally everything was smoke and the defender ended up landing in Sao Paulo, where he finally retired in 2017.

10) The name of Paolo Guerrero He was associated with the Cacique at the end of 2019 to make up for the supposed retirement of Esteban Paredes. However, the same Peruvian center forward pointed out that “absolutely nothing reached me. It was another rumor, just a press thing ”.

Other renowned players who supposedly went to Colo Colo were Óscar Ruggeri and Ricardo Rocha in 1993, José Luis Chilavert in 2003, Juan Román Riquelme in 2010 and 2012, Sergio Goycochea in 1994 and many others.

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