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After presenting Alexandre Guimarães as the new Atlético Nacional coach last Friday, December 4, during this weekend, in Guarne several meetings were held with the Brazilian, to analyze the players who will continue in 2021 and on the other hand, advance the negotiations for the arrival of reinforcements.
As stated by the former strategist of América de Cali, by January 3 the base of the team that will face the different championships should already be in place.
As FUTBOLRED learned, the negotiation with Jonathan Marulanda would be well advanced with Leones de Itagüí, owner of his services and would be very close to being the first reinforcement of the team. Other cases such as that of Jefferson Duque would also be soon to come to fruition, details remain for the striker to dissociate himself from Santa Fe and sign a new agreement with the purslane.
On the other hand, Nicolás Hernández would be taken into account to make up the professional team, as well as Neyder Moreno and Jean Luca Rivera, who will have to wait for the end of the competition with Envigado Fútbol Club to join the purslane team.
Andrés Perea would stay in Orlando City of the MLS, once the American club exercised the purchase option, while Inter Miami sent an extension of time to define if they exercise the purchase option for defender Andrés Reyes. It is said that players like Jorge Segura and Cristian Blanco would not be taken into account for next year.
Next week will be key days to know the fate of several players, especially those who are in Valledupar of the second division. Because the sports agreement would expire next Wednesday, December 9, and the directors of both teams would sit down to agree on an extension of said agreement.
Coach Guimarães will travel to Costa Rica this Monday, December 7, and on the 15th he would be back in Antioquia territory to begin the preseason work and evaluation of the squad. It should be remembered that the team is on vacation until that date and will have a couple of breaks for Christmas and New Years.
Juan Camilo Alvarez Serrano
FUTBOLRED correspondent
Medellin
On twitter: @ juanchoserran8
