Claudio Vivas admitted interest in signing Christofer Gonzales: “We need him now”

The good performances of Christofer Gonzales with a Sporting Cristal shirt have made him followed from Argentine football. From Banfield, to be more precise. The coach of ‘Drill’, Claudio Vivas, who coincided with ‘Canchita’ in the Rimense club, openly acknowledged the interest in signing the Peruvian.

“I had the opportunity to direct ‘Canchita’ Gonzales and it would be good for us to have him at Banfield, we are on the eve of achieving the goal. For us it would be something very good, hopefully we can make it happen”, said the technical director, in an interview with Fútbol como Cancha, from RPP.

Vivas indicated that he sees Gonzales in a “mature age” and considered not “should have no problem” to play in Argentine soccer.

The Argentine was very enthusiastic about having the footballer in the squad. “We want a versatile player on the field, like ‘Canchita’ Gonzales, in case a player leaves us. We have several games and we are very fair on campus. He could play as an intern, midfielder or winger.” commented.

After confessing that Gonzales told him that “Yes, he is interested in playing in Argentine soccer and in a club like Banfield”, Vivas expressed the need to sign the also member of the Peruvian team.

“We haven’t set a deadline to wait for Christopher, but we need him now. We have many games close. We need to reinforce ourselves with this player”, he expressed.

Finally, the DT of Sporting Cristal for much of 2019 admitted not having information about the proposal from Banfield. “I understand that ‘Canchita’ is free at the end of the year, I don’t know what the Banfield president’s proposal is regarding the contract. Hopefully Cristal can free him and we will do a joint job “sentenced.