The young light blue winger was on the verge of breaking into Argentine football in 2024, but the pass fell through and the reasons for the interruption of his commitment are already known.
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Everything pointed to it Joao Grimaldo After the signing of Piero Quispe for Pumas from Mexico's UNAM, it would be Peruvian football's next signing abroad; But everything took a final turn. It was learned of Argentine club Belgrano's great interest in the young Sporting Cristal striker, but despite the player's willingness, he ultimately decided to stay at Sporting Cristal.
What did the Argentine press say about the frustrated signing of Joao Grimaldo?
In the newspaper La Voz de Argentina they gave details of Grimaldo's situation and reported the reason why negotiations with Belgrano were not progressing: “Mundo D (Media Sports Department) also learned that the attacker would prefer to remain in his country for at least a few more months, which is why the operation was stopped.”they published on their website.
Note from La Voz about Joao Grimaldo. Photo: Shot by The Voice
The Peruvian would have reasons to remain in the beer squad as he will have a greater presence in the matches of the Copa Libertadores 2024, in which the Rimenses will play the preliminary round, and could emulate their participation last year when they qualified for the group stage . On the other hand, the Pirate will only play the Conmebol Sudamericana.
Joao Grimaldo was presented at the Tarde Celeste 2024
Sporting Cristal's squad for 2024 looked like Joao Grimaldo
Archers
- Renato Solis
- Alejandro Duarte
- Diego Enriquez
- Matias Cordova.
Defenses
- Quembol Guadalupe
- Gianfranco Chavez
- Ignacio Da Silva
- Jhilmar Lora
- Franco Medina
- Nicolas Pasquini
- Leonardo Diaz
- Rafael Lütiger
- Gabriel Alfaro.
Steering wheels
- Jesus Pretell
- Leandro Sosa
- Alexander Hohberg
- Yoshimar Yotun
- Adrian Ascues
- Martin Tavara
- Jostin Alarcon
- Gonzalo Aguirre
- Gustavo Cazonatti.
Forward
- Joao Grimaldo
- Martin Cauteruccio
- Irven Avila
- Diego Otoya
- Marlon Perea
- Fernando Pacheco
- Santiago Gonzalez.
What is the value of Joao Grimaldo?
The Rimense striker is one of the most valued footballers in Peruvian football 1.50 million euros Price, like his teammate Ignácio da Silva, with whom he tops the list of the most expensive in League 1 according to the specialist portal Transfermarkt.
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