Cetré returns to play after controversies with Athletico and Boca

“Showing support for him means showing that he is fit to play and that he is ready”says Dominguez. “He had ups and downs, good days and bad days, but the team rallied around him, as did the club and the fans.”adds the Estudiantes coach.

Following the results of the medical examinations, Athletico did not give up on signing Cetré, but wants to change the negotiation model. According to the channel TYC Sportsthe red-black proposal would be to purchase part of the economic rights (between 60% and 70%) and the rest would be through goals based on the attacker’s performance.

Boca Juniors would like to sign Cetré on loan with an option to buy. The two proposals do not please Estudiantes, who see the attacker as a potential money-maker. With this, there is the possibility of him staying in La Plata for the Libertadores dispute.

“He is one of the players who most change the course of a match in Argentine football”, highlights Eduardo Domínguez. “If he stays, he won’t be able to settle down. He always needs to improve”, he adds.

Edwuin Cetré would be the most expensive signing in Athletico’s history

If he had been hired in the first proposal, the attacker Edwuin Cetré would become the biggest signing in Athletico’s history. The deal would be agreed for 6 million dollars, around R$31.1 million, for 100% of the player.

After arriving in Curitiba on January 31st, shielded by the board, which adopted a special security scheme at Afonso Pena Airport and prevented the athlete from having contact with fans and the press in the space’s lobby, the player went to CT do Caju to see the facilities and undergo the usual medical examinations.

The next day, he carried out more tests and the initial results worried Hurricane. According to club sources, cardiological problems were found, in addition to a bruise on the athlete’s knee.

The club even prepared a new battery of tests to confirm the results, but the board led by president Mario Celso Petraglia decided to discard the contract.