Carlos Queiroz’s departure as Colombia’s DT is a fact

The Portuguese negotiates a $ 2 million compensation, a Portuguese newspaper revealed. They involve James in a fight with one of his companions.

After Colombia’s last two games in South American qualifiers against Qatar 2022, in which they fell 3-0 at the hands of Uruguay, and a humiliating 6-1 win over Ecuador, Colombian media consider the departure of DT Portuguese as a matter of fact Carlos Queiroz.

Portuguese sports newspaper Récord has revealed that the coach will leave the coffee team in exchange for a $ 2 million compensation stipulated in a clause of his contract.

The Colombian Football Association is “negotiating a phased payment plan with the Portuguese coach”, indicates the Portuguese daily.

One of the most sounding names to replace Queiroz is that of Argentina’s José Pékerman, who previously headed Colombia and maintains a good relationship with the Colombian team’s team of players.

Juan Carlos Osorio, Miguel Ángel Russo and Reinaldo Rueda were also cited as possible successors of Queiroz.

“Carlos Queiroz is calm and leaves with a completely clear conscience”, published Record.

Internal disorder?

The last few days have been chaotic for the Colombian team, mainly due to news reports indicating that after the defeat against Ecuador there was a tense episode in which some players passed into their hands in the locker room.

And the one designated is none other than star James Rodríguez, who allegedly quarreled with his teammate Jefferson Lerma.

According to press reports in Colombia, both players could not bear the annoyance of the bulky result against Ecuador and would come to blows in the locker room.

“There are groups that face each other within the national team, there have been episodes whose protagonists have managed to come to blows,” said journalist Javier Hernández Bonnet. “There was a player who overwhelmed another, both of international level, in this double playoff date” Hernández Bonnet added on the Blu Radio Sports Blog program.

Both James and Lerma are active in English football; The former is a star in Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton, and Lerma plays like a Bournemouth tableau.

James denied the fight

However, on the afternoon of this Thursday 19-N James Rodríguez denied that he and some of his teammates had come to blows.

Through a press release, the coffee-growing footballer denied having been involved in any kind of quarrel with his countrymen.

“What happened on the pitch and the unfortunate results did not go beyond what the game represents. Both in the locker room and in personal life I maintain excellent and respectful relationships with each of my teammates on the Colombian team,” he said. James Rodríguez in the statement.